Google shares its ‘number one challenge’ in powering up data centres on the grid: ‘Our hope is that…’

Google's ambitious AI expansion faces a surprising hurdle: the US power grid. Connecting new data centers is now a decade-long wait in some areas, with studies alone taking 12 years. To bypass these transmission barriers, Google is exploring a 'co-location' strategy, building facilities next to power plants to plug in directly.

Google shares its ‘number one challenge’ in powering up data centres on the grid: ‘Our hope is that…’
Google's ambitious AI expansion faces a surprising hurdle: the US power grid. Connecting new data centers is now a decade-long wait in some areas, with studies alone taking 12 years. To bypass these transmission barriers, Google is exploring a 'co-location' strategy, building facilities next to power plants to plug in directly.