Are our electric grids too big to function?
Summary
Marketplace Tech examines whether PJM Interconnection, the US’s largest grid operator, is too big to function amid surging AI data center demand. Host Megan McCarty Carino speaks with Ethan Howland about rising electricity prices, stalled power plant construction, and FERC scrutiny. The discussion covers efforts to fast-track infrastructure and debates over whether tech companies should fund their own energy needs to protect ratepayers.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Cornerstone and Raymond James
PJM Interconnection and the 'too big to function' crisis
AI data centers driving electricity demand and price hikes
Sponsors: Cornerstone and Even Realities
Grid challenges in other US regions
Tech companies paying for energy infrastructure
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