Nvidia has teamed up with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to leverage AI in addressing electrical grid issues exacerbated by rising demand from AI technologies. The collaboration forms the Open Power AI Consortium, which includes major utilities and tech firms like Microsoft and Oracle. This initiative aims to develop open-source, domain-specific AI models to anticipate and resolve future power industry challenges. With electricity demand projected to rise significantly, the consortium will also explore strategies to maximize existing capacity, potentially unlocking an additional 76 GB of grid capacity in the U.S.