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'Families need reliable electricity': OpenAI pledges to try and provide 'a national effort to support affordable, reliable electricity for families and businesses' living near its data centers

OpenAI launches new program to protect residents and businesses near its data centers from power outages
The Grid Protectors Program is designed to prevent OpenAI campuses from “hogging” all the power
A new development in Effingham County, Georgia, will pioneer the program

OpenAI wants to protect local communities situated around its data centers from power outages, and has launched a new program intended to deliver both reliability and affordability to nearby residents and businesses.

The Grid Protectors Program is launching with the planned Effingham County, Georgia data center campus, which features an agreement with Georgia Power to make power available in a flexible demand scenario, which should cover demand for around 700,000 households.

OpenAI’s future facilities are designed to be more flexible in how they demand power from the grid, and the Grid Protectors Program viewed as a “starting point” for improved reliability for homes, businesses, and of course data...

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'Families need reliable electricity': OpenAI pledges to try and provide 'a national effort to support affordable, reliable electricity for families and businesses' living near its data centers

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