US grid operator’s ‘shutdown proposal’ highlights data centre-power grid tensions

PJM Interconnection proposes data centers switch to backup generators during grid emergencies. This plan aims to protect residential consumers from rising power costs and potential blackouts. Utilities would curtail data center demand before residential power is affected. PJM seeks to establish a registry for monitorin

A setback for plans to build a massive data centre complex near Olds, Alta. after the Alberta Utilities Commission denied an application to build a huge natural gas power plant .

The Alberta Utilities Commission has denied an application to build a natural gas plant that would have powered a massive data centre complex.

Alberta Utilities Commission rejects power plant for Olds, Alta., data centre plan  Toronto Star