Officials Work to Speed Grid Connection Amid Data Center Buildout

Data-center developers are increasingly turning to so-called behind-the-meter power generation to bypass years-long waits for grid connections and get their facilities running sooner. Ed Hirs, Energy Fellow at the University of Houston, discusses the energy sector, growing need for data-center power, and what government officials in Texas, and around the US, are doing about it. (Source: Bloomberg)

Data-center developers are increasingly turning to so-called behind-the-meter power generation to bypass years-long waits for grid connections and get their facilities running sooner. Ed Hirs, Energy Fellow at the University of Houston, discusses the energy sector, growing need for data-center power, and what government officials in Texas, and around the US, are doing about it. (Source: Bloomberg)