OpenAI 推出 Grid Protectors 计划，电网高峰时可削减 1000MW 用电
OpenAI 在佐治亚州和电网签了个让电协议，热浪高峰时最多让出 1000MW，够 70 万户家庭用，算是回应数据中心抢电的争议。
OpenAI 启动名为 Grid Protectors 的计划，当地方电网过载时降低数据中心用电量，首个协议落地佐治亚州。Georgia Power 可在热浪等用电高峰期间，从 Effingham County 园区削减最多 1000MW 负荷。这些电力可满足约 70 万户家庭的平均用电需求。即便全额削减，该数据中心仍将消耗约 2200MW，因为削减只覆盖其约 3200MW 需求中的 1000MW。OpenAI 称大型稳定用电客户能分摊电网固定成本，对其他用户有利。
OpenAI says its future data centers will draw less power whenever local grids are overloaded, starting in Georgia.
The program, called Grid Protectors, arrives as local opposition to data centers grows.
Under the first deal, Georgia Power can cut up to 1,000MW from the OpenAI’s planned Effingham County campus during demand peaks like heat waves.
That power then stays available for homes, enough by the company’s estimate for the average demand of about 700,000 households.
Even at full cutback, the data center would still draw about 2,200MW, since the cut covers only 1,000MW of its roughly 3,200MW need.
OpenAI argues that a big, steady customer helps everyone else, because it spreads the fixed cost of power lines across more sales.
