Items Tagged with 'transmission capacity expansion'

Can the grid keep pace with AI's power appetite? FERC is forcing regional operators to answer that question—and defend their plans.

As AI data centers reach city-scale power demands, developers, utilities and contractors are rewriting the infrastructure playbook around electricity, workforce and speed-to-power challenges nationwide.

Power grid operator announced that its reopened queue of proposed new interconnections includes applications from 811 projects totaling 220 GW.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans action on proposal to expand oversight of AI-driven data center grid connections as utilities accelerate transmission upgrades.

As Toronto's grid reaches its limits, Ontario's electricity system operator has proposed a $9.8 billion plan to address the issue, potentially establishing one of North America’s largest high-voltage construction programs.

Selected to meet critical South Bay reliability needs, projects will add 17 miles of infrastructure between two existing substations, including a 12-mile underground section.

As data center demand surges, grid access—not land—is deciding which projects move forward, forcing builders to rethink power infrastructure, costs and schedules before construction begins. 

Push for larger federal role to expedite grid connections is set to finalize by April 2026, but states and utilities worry about power overload, reliability and ratepayer cost hikes and want more time to study impacts—as administration moves to curb state role in AI regulation.

Contractors will be hired state by state for $3.5B rebuild of high-voltage lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia—as Energy Dept. and FERC push rule to  "rapidly accelerate” grid links of power loads larger than 20 MW, such as for data centers.