Tag: Data Center
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1 Introduction The current data center industry is shifting from colocation to AI factories. These facilities require higher power densities than designs of the past. This transformation moved site selection beyond connectivity and land costs. Developers prioritize power availability and interconnection timelines as the determinants of project viability. In markets with constraints, grid access delays…
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No region illustrates the collision between AI infrastructure and grid constraints more clearly than PJM Interconnection. As the regional transmission organization serving Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” PJM is processing an unprecedented volume of large-load interconnection requests. The increase of these applications has fundamentally changed how utilities, regulators, and transmission planners approach grid expansion. For…