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Podcast: Energy Unplugged by Aurora
Episode: EP. 281 Data Center Load Growth and the Future of the US Grid
Description: This week on Energy Unplugged, Julia Hoos, Aurora’s Head of USA East, is joined by Lizzie Bonahoom, Senior Associate - North America Tech & Policy, and Jack Graham, Senior Associate - PJM Research at Aurora. Together, they explore the challenges of supplying data centers with power in the U.S., and how surging AI demand, interconnection constraints, and market dynamics are reshaping the electricity system.Â
Lizzie leads Aurora’s analysis of where new data centers are locating and how they interact with generation technologies, while Jack provides insight into PJM’s grid and capacity market, including lessons from Nort...