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Utilities turn to AI to manage rising power demand from AI
Utilities use AI to plan around data centers, but no one lets it touch the switches yet.
Utility Dive · Marlene Wilden · Oct 22, 2026
Utilities use AI to plan around data centers, but no one lets it touch the switches yet.
Decommissioning bills might turn into rent, but nobody has named a site, a capacity, or a date yet.

Industrial sites that can shed load at peak just became something a hyperscaler pays for.
A refiner putting gen AI on permit-to-work safety, not on chat, is the use case worth copying.
