Regulators greenlight plan for quick AI data center grid connections
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Federal regulators on Thursday took steps aimed at both speeding up the buildout of AI data centers and reducing costs. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed regional electric grid operators to reform various processes related to the connection of these and other large sources of power demand to the grid. “We are charting new…
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*US APPROVES PLAN FOR AI DATA CENTERS TO CONNECT TO GRID: AP
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 18, 2026
The assumption is data centers will power themselves; the reality is that will happen in 5-10 years and in the meantime they will be a drain on the grid.
These data centers also don’t exist yet! https://t.co/dgqTidrHV5
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) June 18, 2026
$META is set to receive 1.6 GIGAWATTS of compute capacity across both Crusoe data centers
— Small Cap Snipa (@SmallCapSnipa) June 18, 2026
A large portion of that will come from Crusoe’s data center in Childress, Texas
So Meta secures compute in IREN’s back yard, just not with $IREN … yet? https://t.co/4I633WKL2V pic.twitter.com/jM7cwNl7rk
Exclusive: Conservatives plan nationwide protest against AI data centers https://t.co/NWLaA3au0i
— Axios (@axios) June 18, 2026