OpenAI launches Grid Protectors Program to cut data center power use during emergencies
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The AI company is pledging to throttle electricity use at its own campuses when the grid is under stress, using a Georgia deal as the template OpenAI wants to be the data center developer that steps aside when the power grid gets nervous. The company has pledged to reduce electricity use at the data center campuses it directly develops whenever extreme weather or other emergencies put pressure on the US grid. It is calling the effort the Grid Protectors Program , and the goal is to take commitments already made in Georgia and apply them nationwide.
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