Proposed reliability standards that would require qualifying data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and cryptocurrency operations to provide grid data, coordinate protection settings, and respond to grid operators’ instructions have passed their final stakeholder ballot, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced Oct. 15.

The standards and associated implementation plans will next go before NERC’s Board of Trustees for adoption, followed by submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for U.S. regulatory approval, the organization said in its announcement.

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