The State Playbook for Equitable Data-Center Growth
States must ensure AI-driven data center growth strengthens—not strains—the grid. Fair pricing, consumer protection, and community reciprocity can align private innovation with public equity, turning energy demand into shared resilience.
FERC Meets the Shadow Grid: Deciding when Private Power becomes a Public Grid Problem
AI data centers are pushing FERC to confront the Shadow Grid, where private power, co-located generation, and hyperscale load blur into public grid obligations, forcing a shift from queue chaos to coordinated infrastructure governance.
Brandon Owens
