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The grid's missing operating system: Why a $100,000 AI controller could defer trillions in hardware and why utilities won't buy it

The Interchange by Wood Mackenzie

Jun 2, 202600:43:46Business

The energy transition conversation focuses on what connects to the grid. Far less attention goes to whether anyone is coordinating what those assets do once connected. AI training runs swing hundreds of megawatts in seco...

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