utility rate design

  • Aerial view of Microsoft’s Fairwater AI data center campus in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, a high-density, purpose-built facility designed to support large-scale AI workloads and significant electricity demand. Courtesy: Microsoft
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    Microsoft Commits to Full Electricity Cost Recovery in Data Center Communities

    Microsoft has committed to “paying its way” to ensure its data centers will not ramp up residential utility rates, becoming the first major hyperscaler to publicly commit to a comprehensive framework that ties artificial intelligence (AI) data center growth to cost-recovery rate design. The hyperscaler also pledged to advance utility coordination, directly fund grid infrastructure, […]