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NEWS: Schneider Electric says US grid will be less stable by 2030 as datacenter demand rises

The US grid is on track to become 1) highly constrained and 2) less stable by 2030—and that’s thanks to data centers, according to a new report from Schneider Electric. (The Register)

  • Schneider called out seven major regions where even one outage could trigger rolling blackouts.

  • The why: Planning bottlenecks, regulatory gridlock, and long interconnection queues mean developers are eyeing secondary markets where grid capacity is less constrained like Mississippi and Wisconsin.