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Former Southern Company CEO highlights utility-developer friction over grid upgrade costs for AI data center power demand

Signals emerging systemic bottleneck: power infrastructure investment lagging demand; utility cost allocation becoming constraint on data center expansion
NewswireSlicast · July 18, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
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Former Southern Company CEO highlights utility-developer friction over grid upgrade costs for AI data center power demand

Signals emerging systemic bottleneck: power infrastructure investment lagging demand; utility cost allocation becoming constraint on data center expansion

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