{"id":16111,"date":"2026-05-13T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ai-power-demand-is-outpacing-grid-buildout-broadband-breakfast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:31:43","slug":"ai-power-demand-is-outpacing-grid-buildout-broadband-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/ai-power-demand-is-outpacing-grid-buildout-broadband-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Power Demand Is Outpacing Grid Buildout &#8211; Broadband Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Utilities are struggling to connect large data centers quickly enough to maintain reliability, panelists said. <br \/>WASHINGTON, May 13, 2026 \u2013 Artificial Intelligence and large-scale data centers are driving electricity demand faster than utilities can expand generation and transmission infrastructure, energy regulators said Tuesday.&nbsp;<br \/>Panelists speaking at a United States Energy Association event warned that gigawatt-scale data centers are increasingly requesting grid interconnections within one to three years, while transmission projects can take seven years or more to complete.&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cThe speed and the size of these loads\u201d are creating major reliability challenges, said <strong>Fritz Herve, <\/strong>vice president of government affairs at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation<strong>.<\/strong><br \/><small>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/small><br \/><small>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" class=\"gh-portal-close\">Sign in<\/a><\/small><br \/><small>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" class=\"gh-portal-close\">Sign in<\/a><\/small><br \/>Researchers said slow power plant approvals threaten reliability as AI-driven electricity demand rises.<br \/>The administration is expanding automated reviews and digital systems.<br \/>BEAD projects are expected to involve 3.9 million utility\u2011owned poles, researchers Alex Karras and Michael Santorelli of the Advanced Communications Law &amp; Policy Institute say<br \/>Regulators have approved a range of proposals designed to speed generation interconnections and large-load connections.<br \/>Better Broadband, Better Lives<br \/>       Published with       <a         href=\"https:\/\/layeredcraft.com\/ghost\"         target=\"_blank\"         class=\"hover:underline hover:underline-offset-[3px]\"       >Ghost<\/a>.     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9CWTdsay11bzhTdFhlX0c3dXN0UDl1SWNfU05mMzFCMy1WQVZlcDNTUGNCTjFvenBZNWRwTlpuLXJrdzlKWkdDVE1SZ2VwVFNDYmwwQVB1TjNnbDB3U1c3dnhrVkR5alhtNldJY3JFZWZ0N0k3cW8zQzhUeFphdUU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilities are struggling to connect large data centers quickly enough to maintain reliability, panelists said. WASHINGTON, May 13, 2026 \u2013 Artificial Intelligence and large-scale data centers are driving electricity demand faster than utilities can expand generation and transmission infrastructure, energy regulators said Tuesday.&nbsp;Panelists speaking at a United States Energy Association event warned that gigawatt-scale data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}