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US energy regulator should allow data center moratorium, civil society group says

By Emma Whitford ( April 7, 2026, 21:22 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should affirm that the country’s largest grid operator can impose a moratorium on new data centers if it lacks the energy to serve them amid the country’s artificial intelligence boom, a civil society group said Tuesday. The grid operator, PJM Interconnection, has opposed the request.The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should affirm that PJM Interconnection, the country’s largest power grid operator, can impose a moratorium on new data centers if it lacks the energy to serve them amid the country’s artificial intelligence boom, a civil society group said Tuesday....

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