Map Insights
Analysis drawn from the AIxEnergy Map: where AI data centers, large loads and grid constraints are colliding across U.S. utilities and ISOs.
The Grid’s Newest Contingency Is Demand That Disappears
AIxEnergy has identified 14 discrete large-load disturbances and three documented event series across PJM, ERCOT, and Ireland. Together, they reveal the reliability problem that is created when individually rational protection systems don't coordinate.
Brandon Owens
The Moratorium Map: How the AI Boom Is Redrawing the Geography of Power and Permission
A new AIxEnergy dataset tracks 234 policy actions across 230 geographies, revealing how local governments, states and power systems are turning access to land and electricity into a negotiated form of permission.
Brandon Owens