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InfraCompute Tools · Power and grid
Power is the gating item.
How a data centre gets connected, who goes first and what it pays for the grid, compared across jurisdictions. Each rule links to its tracker entry with the primary sources and the points for the loan documents.
- Rules tracked
- 10
- Jurisdictions
- 5
- Dates ahead
- 2
- Planning decisions on power
- 6
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The rules, by jurisdiction
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Grid and power rules 10
| Where | Rule | Status | Next date |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Executive Order 14421: foreign bulk-power system equipment Prohibits listed transactions in foreign-produced grid equipment, including UPS and backup generators. | In force | Last change 9 October 2026 |
| United States | FERC rules for connecting large loads DOE asked FERC to set federal rules for connecting loads over 20 MW to the transmission system, including data centres co-located with generation. | Proposed | Last change 5 December 2025 |
| United States | Ratepayer Protection Pledge Seven technology companies pledged to pay for the power and grid upgrades their data centres need. | Policy | Last change 4 March 2026 |
| United States | Texas SB 6: large loads on the ERCOT grid Interconnection standards, disclosure and curtailment rules for loads of 75 MW or more in ERCOT. | In force | Last change 20 June 2025 |
| United Kingdom | Connections reform: Gate 2 and the reordered queue Ofgem approved NESO's reform of the connections queue: a firm date now depends on meeting readiness criteria, and the whole queue is reassessed. | In force | Last change 15 April 2025 |
| United Kingdom | Demand connections reform: Ofgem call for input Ofgem's review of how demand, data centres above all, joins the network: firmer financial commitments first, then priority for strategic projects. | Consultation | Last change 13 March 2026 |
| United Kingdom | Grid connections for strategic demand Proposals to clear speculative demand from the queue and prioritise capacity for data centres. | Consultation | Last change 15 April 2026 |
| Germany | AgNes: reform of electricity network charges The Bundesnetzagentur is redesigning grid charges: large consumers would pay a capacity price per kW, and the band load discount continues for existing users to 2031. | Consultation | 31 December 2028 Existing network charge rules lapse |
| Ireland | CRU connection policy for data centres New data centres must bring matching dispatchable capacity and meet 80% of demand from new Irish renewables. | In force | Last change 20 May 2026 |
| Netherlands | Priority rules for grid capacity in congestion areas ACM's code decision lets grid operators give scarce capacity to priority projects first. Data centres are not a priority category. | In force | Last change 1 January 2026 |
In the filed contracts
What the power contracts say
The rules above set the frame; these clauses show what data centres have actually signed: a utility's minimum bill and exit fee, behind-the-meter turbines, and the power terms lenders take, each quoted from an SEC filing.
Minimum bills for data centre load
What does the data centre pay the utility if it uses less power than it contracted for?
Power contracts · 1 filedExit fees and collateral for a grid connection
What does it cost to walk away from a utility contract, and what security does the utility want?
Power contracts · 3 filedBehind-the-meter generation
Can the data centre run its own generation next to the grid connection, and on what terms?
Power contracts · 1 filedPerformance of on-site generation
What happens if rented turbines are late or do not produce the power promised?
Power contracts · 1 filedTerm, escalation and early termination of rented generation
Can the data centre get out of a turbine rental early, and what does it pay?
Power contracts · 1 filedWho owns the generation, and who can take it
Can the data centre’s lenders take security over rented generation, and who controls a change of owner?
Power contracts · 1 filedLender protections over the power contracts
What do data centre lenders require if the power supply contract is lost?
Power contracts · 1 filedSupplying power to the tenant without becoming a utility
Does a landlord that passes power through to its tenant risk regulation as a utility?
Power contracts · 1 filedBuying a data centre campus next to a power plant
What power rights move with a campus bought from a generator?
Method
Built from the regulatory tracker's grid and power entries, each written from the regulator, government or official journal text it links to, and from the planning decisions log. Where a regulator's site cannot be read automatically, the entry cites the government or official journal record instead. Status and dates can change after the review date, so check the source before relying on it. General information drawn from public filings. It is not legal advice on any transaction, and using this page does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Views are personal.
