Lawmakers hear experts: AI data centers create fast, uncertain load that requires new planning tools
Experts at a California State Assembly joint hearing warned that rapid growth of AI data centers creates planning uncertainty, urging stochastic and integrated approaches to transmission, generation and storage and interim flexible connection strategies to avoid stranded assets and reliability risks.
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Assembly leaders convened a joint informational hearing to examine the energy implications of AI data center build‑out and to press state agencies for planning and operational solutions.
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