States See Federal Power Grab in AI Data-Center Clash

At a conference of state utility regulators in Seattle, a group of Trump administration officials got an earful of complaints about a plan the White House is pushing for the federal government to take control of part of the country’s power grid in the service of artificial intelligence.

- By Scorr PATTERSON

A data center in Pennsylvania owned by Amazon. Officials want to aid data-center growth.

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