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How do we connect data centers to the grid quickly and avoid driving up costs for other electricity consumers? The solution: a 2-part combo of flexible interconnection agreements & bring-your-own-capacity (BYOC) arrangements, according to a new report out today from Camus, my ZERO Lab, and encoord.

Jesse D. Jenkins

@jessedjenkins.com

In this report www.camus.energy/flexible-dat... we use an ensemble of realistic grid models to show: 1. How "conditional firm" transmission service (where a portion of data center demand is flexible or can be served by on-site resources) can avoid costly, poorly used grid upgrades and;

camus.energyFlexible Data Centers: Research ReportResearch by Camus, encoord, & Princeton ZERO Lab shows that flexibility unlocks faster data center interconnections and helps internalize 100% of system costs.

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Jesse D. Jenkins

@jessedjenkins.com

4 Dec 2025

2. How BYOC contracts (where data centers bilaterally procure new capacity to serve their firm demand) can avoid cost impacts to other consumers — while both can accelerate time to power by years.

Jesse D. Jenkins

@jessedjenkins.com

4 Dec 2025

This was a great, collaborative effort, and I think this report has something for just about everyone following the data center and energy story (or living it!). Note: this work was sponsored by Google