Grid and large load rules
Who decides whether a data center connects, and on what terms?
4 records of kind grid and large load rules are on the AI Infrastructure Atlas as of September 2026: 4 verified, 0 reported, 0 announced, 0 absent, 0 open. By jurisdiction: United States 1, Ireland 1, United Kingdom 1, Singapore 1.
Grid and large load rules
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Singapore allocates data centre capacity, and the allocation is the rule
Singapore · verified 15 September 2026
The roadmap aims to provide at least 300 MW of additional capacity in the near term, with much more through green energy deployments.
Britain reordered its grid queue: Gate 1 and Gate 2 connection offers
United Kingdom · verified 15 September 2026
Ofgem approved the connections reform proposals in April 2025.
Ireland made grid access conditional: the CRU large energy user connection policy
Ireland · verified 15 September 2026
New data centres connecting to the network must provide generation or storage capacity, onsite or local, to match the requested maximum import demand capacity.
The Energy Secretary told FERC to write interconnection rules for large loads
United States · verified 15 September 2026
FERC's own regulatory agenda records that on 23 October 2025 the Secretary of Energy proposed an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the timely and orderly interconnection of large loads.
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