FERC’s Load Fight Meets a Nordic Data Center Auction
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · 10 min
FERC large-load interconnection reform is the center of gravity: DOE’s push tests who pays for gigawatt-scale AI campuses, while Digital Realty and Equinix’s reported atNorth bids show capital chasing cooler, power-rich Nordic capacity.
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FERC large-load interconnection reform is the center of gravity: DOE’s push tests who pays for gigawatt-scale AI campuses, while Digital Realty and Equinix’s reported atNorth bids show capital chasing cooler, power-rich Nordic capacity.
In this episode
- Secretary of Energy Directs FERC to Initiate Rulemaking to Expedite Data Center and Large Load Interconnection - Gibson Dunn — Gibson Dunn
 Mobile Navigation # Secretary of Energy Directs FERC to Initiate Rulemaking to Expedite Data Center and Large Load Interconnection Client Alert | October 29, 2025 *The Secretary’s Direction included a proposed draft Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for FERC’s consideration, with a deadline for…
- Step Back — Everyone keeps talking about FERC speeding up large-load interconnection, but isn’t the real accounting fight around hybrid campuses: when a data center shows up with behind-the-meter gas, batteries, or contracted supply, should the grid study the gross load, the net import, or the failure mode when that supply trips?
Background sources
- Unpacking DOE's proposal to transform data center interconnection | Latitude Media — Shayle Kann
- Bring Your Own Generation (BYOG): Accelerating the… | PA Consulting — PA Consulting
- Structuring Behind-the-Meter Generation to Manage FERC Jurisdiction - Davis Graham — Caroline Schorsch
- FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs | Utility Dive — Ethan Howland
- The jurisdictional collision over large loads and data center interconnection | Energy Law Report — Sean Aasen
- This Week in Hyperscaling: DOE Offers FERC Two Flavors of "Co-Location" — Elizabeth K. Whitney
- An outdated FERC policy is undermining the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge | Utility Dive — Ari Peskoe
- From Rejection To National Rulemaking: The Federal Regulatory Framework For Data Center Power Is Taking Shape - Renewables - United States — RJ Colwell
- Digital Realty and Equinix battle for atNorth for €4.5 billion - Techzine Global — Techzine
# Digital Realty and Equinix battle for atNorth for €4.5 billion   **Digital Realty and a consortium of Equinix and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are both…