Overview
Politico's Energywire quotes Will Keyser in an article titled "AI Boom Sparks Rare Warning of 'Significant Risks' to Grid." The article discusses how North America's grid watchdog has issued a rare Level 3 alert warning that rapidly growing, energy‑intensive data centers—especially those supporting AI—pose significant risks to grid reliability and may trigger stricter oversight and new regulatory requirements.
When discussing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's proposal that entities like data centers and crypto operations will need to register and comply with their reliability standards, Will called this a "major shift in electric reliability regulation."
Read the full article in Energywire.