OpenAI 推出 Grid Protectors 计划，数据中心在电网过载时降功率
OpenAI says its future data centers will draw less power whenever local grids are overloaded, starting in Georgia.
OpenAI 表示其未来数据中心将在当地电网过载时降低用电，首个项目落地佐治亚州，计划名为 Grid Protectors。根据首份协议，Georgia Power 可在热浪等用电高峰时段从 OpenAI 规划中的 Effingham County 园区削减最多 1,000MW，公司估算这部分电力可供约 70 万户家庭的日常用电。即便削减到最大幅度，该数据中心仍将用电约 2,200MW，因为削减量只覆盖其约 3,200MW 需求中的 1,000MW。OpenAI 认为大型稳定客户有助于分摊电力线路的固定成本。
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原文给出了削减功率的具体数字和剩余用电量，读者可据此判断数据中心与电网负荷之间的实际取舍。
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OpenAI says its future data centers will draw less power whenever local grids are overloaded, starting in Georgia.
The program, called Grid Protectors, arrives as local opposition to data centers grows.
Under the first deal, Georgia Power can cut up to 1,000MW from the OpenAI’s planned Effingham County campus during demand peaks like heat waves.
That power then stays available for homes, enough by the company’s estimate for the average demand of about 700,000 households.
Even at full cutback, the data center would still draw about 2,200MW, since the cut covers only 1,000MW of its roughly 3,200MW need.
OpenAI argues that a big, steady customer helps everyone else, because it spreads the fixed cost of power lines across more sales.