#electric-grid

#electric-grid

The U.S. has been grappling with an outdated grid system, as the result of decades of underinvestment and an aging infrastructure. As tech companies increasingly rely on grid operators for electrical power, reliability issues and production limitations have threatened the speed of AI implementation, raising investor concerns of an AI bubble, as well as resignation the U.S. has already lost the battle with Chinese tech.

The growth in electricity demand from data centers is threatening the South's transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy. Current projections indicate an increase in reliance on fossil fuels, further raising carbon emissions.

The United States’ power grid, an aging network nearly a century old, must modernize to cope with increasing demand and extreme weather conditions driven by climate change.