New Jersey law will let data centers pay for home energy upgrades

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has signed a first-of-its-kind bill allowing data centers to fund home energy upgrades to secure clean power capacity. Per Canary Media, the program works by incentivizing data centers to reduce grid demand through payments for home efficiency improvements. It's an unorthodox approach to supplying the clean electricity that data centers require while managing overall grid demand.

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