US Power Regulator Sees Data Centers as Critical Opportunity
- FERC chair says aiding AI growth a matter of national security
- Utilities are struggling to meet data center energy demand
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Supporting the development of data centers — including providing the enormous amounts of electricity they require — is a matter of national security, a top federal energy regulator said.
Willie Phillips, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said artificial intelligence and related technologies hold “generational significance” and belong in the US.