The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

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- Transformers are a crucial but nearly invisible part of our grid. The devices help efficiently move power across long distances, but they’re complicated and in short supply. And given that their basic design hasn’t changed much for about a century, they could use an upgrade. As the world races to…
- As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sort of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.