OpenAI launches program to reduce data-center power use during grid strain
AI · First reported 2 Nov, 13:45 · Updated 14:37
OpenAI says future campuses will agree with utilities on how much electricity they can reduce, and for how long, when local grids are under strain. Its planned 3.2 GW campus in Effingham County, Georgia, is the pilot, with an approved arrangement allowing Georgia Power to cut up to 1,000 MW at busy times. (eab62194-ac9b-4211-990d-8c7ee38a85f6)
- OpenAI’s program will set site-specific agreements with utilities for reducing campus electricity use; some sites may also supply power from on-site generators or batteries.
- The Georgia pilot is a planned 3.2 GW campus, and the 25-year deal allows Georgia Power to cut up to 1,000 MW from the site during busy periods.
- OpenAI says it will pay the full cost of the campus’s required power lines and service, but acknowledges that demand flexibility cannot replace new power plants and lines.
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- Grid Protectors Program
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- Planned campus in Effingham County, Georgia
- Planned campus capacity
- 3.2 GW
- Maximum demand reduction in Georgia deal
- Up to 1,000 MW
- Georgia Power deal term
- 25 years
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