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The grid's immune system is retiring: Synchronous condensers, AI data centers and the physics gap that software alone can't close artwork
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The grid's immune system is retiring: Synchronous condensers, AI data centers and the physics gap that software alone can't close

The Interchange by Wood Mackenzie

May 19, 202601:02:06Business

As coal and gas plants retire, the energy transition conversation focuses on replacing their generation capacity. What gets far less attention is the loss of the physical properties those machines provided for free: iner...

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The grid's immune system is retiring: Synchronous condensers, AI data centers and the physics gap that software alone can't close is an episode from The Interchange by Wood Mackenzie. As coal and gas plants retire, the energy transition con...

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Published May 19, 2026, 01:02:06 long, audio available.