How AI Data Centers Are Pushing Grid Optimization to the EdgeBy Andy Vesey For most of the history of the electric industry, intelligence resided in the grid.Utilities forecast demand, dispatched generation, managed reserves, maintained reliability, and balanced the countless interactions occurring
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Overbuilding the Grid?By Andy Vesey AI data centers may force the grid to overbuild.Not simply because the industry needs more electricity, but because the grid was built around an assumption that is starting to weaken: diversity of demand.Power systems work efficiently
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Breaking the Grid ModelBy Andy Vesey Data center loads don’t fit the grid model anymore.That’s the shift, but not in the way people think.Data centers have never been flat loads. They have always exhibited high peak-to-base ratios, with demand that ramps
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Building Power Behind the FenceBy Andy Vesey Data centers are building power behind the fence. It won’t stay there forever.Large data center facilities are increasingly building their own power. Not because they want to run power plants, but because in many
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How to Shield Ratepayers from Rising AI Data Center Energy DemandsBy Andy Vesey In the State of the Union, the President said tech companies “have the obligation to provide for their own power needs” so that electricity prices don’t rise for
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Risk Allocation, Not Megawatts: The True Challenge for AI PowerBy Andy Vesey The real debate isn’t about megawatts. It’s about how risk moves.In most markets, everyone understands that generation and transmission both matter. The question isn’t whether infrastructure is required. It’s
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The Structural Mismatch Driving the AI Power ChallengeBy Andy Vesey The U.S. doesn’t have a power shortage. It has a system mismatch.The current conversation suggests we simply need more generation to support AI-driven growth. That framing is incomplete. The U.S. has
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Data Center Developers at the Energy CrossroadsBy Andy Vesey “When you see a fork in the road, take it.” — Yogi BerraAs a lifelong Yankee fan and student of Yogisms, I’ve found this true in power as well. Sometimes the smartest
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Data Centers Face Community PushbackBy Andy Vesey A CNBC segment this morning featured the mayor of Chandler, Arizona, discussing the city council's unanimous rejection of a proposed AI data center campus. Residents voiced strong opposition to the data center, citing potential
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EdgePrimePower CEO Andy Vesey to Participate in Panel at National DICE EAST Conference EdgePrimePower today announced that its CEO and Founder, Andy Vesey, will serve as a panelist at the National DICE Data Center Management, Operations & Cooling – EAST conference
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