The AI-driven power boom is forcing debates about how America's electricity system should grow.
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The AI-driven power boom is forcing a once-in-a-generation decision about how America's electricity system should grow.
The big picture: For decades, utilities planned around predictable increases in demand. AI is changing that.
The scramble for electricity has become the gold rush beneath the AI boom.
The tech industry is shopping the same big projects around to multiple utilities as they look for the quickest access to power.
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