The Energy Department issued an emergency order earlier this week allowing PJM, the grid operator for 13 states and Washington, D.C., to require data centers and other large customers to use their own backup power.
As a brutal heat wave hits much of the central and eastern United States this week, the Department of Energy wants power-hungry data centers to help ease the strain on the grid.
https://gizmodo.com/energy-department-wants-data-centers-to-stop-draining-the-grid-during-brutal-heat-wave-2000780886
