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Witnesses warn AI expansion will strain power grids, call for faster permitting and more generation
Summary
Executives from CoreWeave, Microsoft and AMD told senators that rapid AI growth needs abundant, affordable electricity and faster permitting; they urged federal reforms to speed transmission and construction while protecting communities.
Executives for AI data center operators and chipmakers told the Senate Commerce Committee that building large AI facilities will require large, reliable supplies of electricity and faster permitting to connect those projects to the grid.
Michael Entrader, chief executive officer of CoreWeave, said the company operates more than 30 data centers across 15 states and “manages more than 250,000 GPUs currently using about 360 megawatts of power,” testimony the company provided to the committee said. He urged stable policy frameworks, streamlined permitting and faster interconnection to grid capacity so companies can scale without years‑long delays.
Brad Smith of Microsoft described the company’s extensive permitting work and highlighted a consistent, concrete bottleneck: federal…
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