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Power Play · Yesterday · 31 min

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The cheapest fix for AI's power problem is America’s power grid. That is, the one that already exists. A Brattle study puts the savings from running it ten percent harder at more than $100 billion. The fixes chasing that number run from dynamic line ratings to a five gigawatt-hour heat battery in South Dakota. Jackie Snow and six grid experts explain what keeps us from tapping into these solutions. CREDITS: Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie. Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig. Hosted by Marco Pimentel. Produced by Simon Litt. Edited by Georgina Kemp Walker.

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The cheapest fix for AI's power problem is America’s power grid. That is, the one that already exists.

A Brattle study puts the savings from running it ten percent harder at more than $100 billion. The fixes chasing that number run from dynamic line ratings to a five gigawatt-hour heat battery in South Dakota. Jackie Snow and six grid experts explain what keeps us from tapping into these solutions.


CREDITS: 

Power Play is a production by Quartz and The Capitalist Hippie. 

Reported by Jackie Snow, Catherine Baab, and Joseph Zeballos-Roig. 

Hosted by Marco Pimentel. 

Produced by Simon Litt. 

Edited by Georgina Kemp Walker.

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