The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

Key points

• Critics say this upswell in connections is enacting a stress test on America’s aging grid infrastructure.
• At TechCrunch Disrupt earlier this month, industry insiders tempered much of this criticism with optimism about how the flood of new energy connections could actually be opening the door for grid modernization.
• While all of those new connections are driving an ever larger amount of stress to the grid, Bhargava’s company hopes to provide the kind of load orchestration and management that helps utilities maximize the potential of the current system.

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