Data center backlash is more about electricity than culture war
Virginia now requires data centers to pay fully for new transmission lines, and developers expect peak-demand cutoffs.
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OpenAI launches Grid Protectors Program for data center electricity flexibility
The program will help OpenAI's future campuses reduce power demand during grid strain, starting with a Georgia pilot.
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Google and Voltus agree a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant
The PJM arrangement expands a 100-megawatt deal and relies on batteries and paid load reductions, not new generation.