Google announced on Thursday an agreement with PJM Interconnection, the largest grid operator in North America, to deploy a new set of AI tools and models to manage and optimize interconnecting power generation to the PJM electric grid.

Google, Alphabet-incubated moonshot Tapestry, and PJM are collaborating for the intelligent management of connection queues to the PJM electrical grid, which spans the District of Columbia and 13 states across much of the industrial Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.

This is Google’s biggest step yet to use AI for building a stronger, more resilient electricity system, the company said in a statement.

The Google-developed technology is set to help PJM connect energy sources to its grid much faster. The ultimate goal is making electricity more reliable and affordable for the 67 million people PJM serves.

The multi-year joint initiative aims to drive key improvements in the PJM region by bringing more energy capacity onto the grid faster, driving efficiency and affordability, and integrating diverse energy sources, Google said.

“Innovation will be critical to meeting the demands on the future grid, and we’re leveraging some of the world’s best capabilities with these cutting-edge tools to further reduce completion times for New Service Requests,” said Aftab Khan, PJM’s Executive Vice President – Operations, Planning & Security.

“PJM is committed to bringing new generation onto the system as quickly and reliably as possible.”

Amanda Peterson Corio, Head of Data Center Energy for Google, commented,

“We see the opportunity to help secure America’s electricity needs with the many resources seeking to provide energy to the grid, and believe this work with PJM is a great catalyst for innovation across the United States.”

On the other hand, AI advancements have raised utilities’ estimates of electricity demand in the areas they serve. U.S. power utilities have announced billions of U.S. dollars in capital plans for the next few years and are getting a lot of requests from Big Tech for new power capacity in certain areas.

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