A surge in data-center construction to support artificial intelligence is driving up electricity demand and prompting utilities to propose new transmission lines. In Maryland, a planned 67-mile high-voltage line that would cut across farmland has triggered a fight with local farmers, who say the project threatens their livelihoods and property rights. Utilities argue the line is necessary to keep pace with AI-related load growth, highlighting a broader national scramble to expand the grid. The clash underscores mounting tensions over permitting, eminent domain and who bears the costs of the AI economy’s energy needs.
Maryland farmers push back against utilities’ 67-mile power line for AI-fueled data centers
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