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Ohio approves data center tariff to shift grid expansion risk to large users

Ohio regulators approved a dedicated data center tariff requiring stronger financial commitments so other electricity customers would not bear the infrastructure risks created by very large data center load requests.

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AEP Ohio Proposal on Data Centers to Protect Ohio Consumers Adopted by PUCO
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AI Data Center Power Demand and Grid Strain

Tracking how rapid growth in generative AI and data centers is driving electricity demand, grid connection bottlenecks, infrastructure constraints, power-market pressures and new rules for connecting very large loads in the United States and Europe.

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