Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Power Hookups (4)

The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wrighturged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday to grant expedited reviews for data-center grid connections, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. Under a draft proposed rule Wright sent to the agency, those reviews would be limited to 60 days, a seismic shift for a process that currently can drag on for years.

Faster approvals would help President Donald Trump deliver on his artificial-intelligence ambitions and scale up an industry he sees ...