US DOE Commits $5.25B to Grid Upgrades as AI Datacenters Hit Power Wall
meredithbloom · hn · 2026-09-26
Per The Register, the US Department of Energy will spend $5.25 billion upgrading the power grid as AI datacenters run into a wall of electricity supply constraints — direct federal funding for transmission and distribution infrastructure to keep pace with AI compute demand.
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