As data center developers queue up to connect to power grids across Europe, network operators are experimenting with novel ways of clearing room for them.
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The primary limiting factor is energy—and specifically, the ability to move it.
Though Europe is on track to generate enough energy, utilities experts say, grid operators broadly lack the infrastructure needed to transport it to where it needs to go.