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The Trump administration wants PJM to hold an emergency power auction where only data center operators can bid. Fifteen-year contracts, no exit clauses. The grid operator wasn't invited to the announcement.
PJM Interconnection runs the largest power grid in America. It serves 67 million people across 13 states, from Virginia to Illinois. Last month, for the first time in its history, the grid operator failed an auction. Not a small miss. A 6.6-gigawatt shortfall, roughly the output of six nuclear reactors.
PJM blamed the failure on data centers.
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