OpenAI says its future data centers will cut power use when the US grid is strained, starting with up to 1,000 MW in Georgia.

OpenAI's Grid Protectors program asks its future campuses to reduce load when the US grid is under strain. It is non-binding, and the model is OpenAI's existing 25-year Georgia Power deal for the 3.2 GW Effingham County campus, where the utility can curtail up to 1,000 MW at peak and OpenAI pays full grid costs. The open question is how often utilities actually get to call it.