AI power demand creates ‘high likelihood, high impact’ grid risks

AI power demand creates ‘high likelihood, high impact’ grid risks

The North American transmission watchdog warns of cascading outages if the largest data centers aren’t regulated.

From Trillion-Dollar Chips to Power Grid Stress: AI’s Breakneck Week Explained

This week saw the artificial intelligence (AI) industry rocked by a potential Microsoft-OpenAI legal dispute over a $50 billion Amazon cloud partnership, Nvidia announcing $1 trillion in chip orders at its GTC developer conference, and new federal warnings that surging AI data center demand is destabilizing the U.S. power grid. Microsoft Eyes Legal Action Microsoft […]