Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Power Hookups
Fiber optic data cables. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday to grant expedited reviews for data-center grid connections, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. Under a draft proposed rule Wright sent to the agency, those reviews would be limited ...