"The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing the booming data-center sector to connect to power grids.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday to grant expedited reviews for data-center grid connections, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News. Under a draft proposed rule Wright sent to the agency, those reviews would be limited to 60 days, a seismic shift for a process that currently can drag on for years.
Faster approvals would help President Donald Trump deliver on his artificial-intelligence ambitions and scale up an industry he sees as vital to competing with China. It also would be a boon for so-called hyperscalers keen to build new energy-hungry data centers that are increasingly confronted with concerns about how their massive appetites for electricity will impact utility bills for neighboring residential neighborhoods."
Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Naureen S. Malik and Josh Saul report for Bloomberg News October 24, 2025.
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