By Humberto Sanchez | Pluribus News
States are casting a wide net in their efforts to meet a surging electricity demand being driven by the burgeoning data center infrastructure necessary for artificial intelligence.
The raft of policy solutions include measures to boost residential and larger solar projects; streamline the permitting process and reduce barriers to building energy projects; implement grid-enhancing technologies; establish virtual power plants; and incentivize nuclear and geothermal projects.
The goal is to tap into what is shaping up as a modern-day Industrial Revolution, in which data centers power artificial intelligence applications that leaders say could one day overhaul the economy.
