Empowering Our Energy Future

AI and advanced computing need reliable, affordable power, and demand is growing faster than the grid can keep up. DPN works to speed up grid connections, reward efficient and flexible operations, and plan for new demand without shifting unfair costs to other customers.

Data centers can bring major investment to their host communities, but the benefits aren't always visible to residents. DPN advocates for policies that turn that investment into local tax revenue, infrastructure upgrades, and skilled jobs, while addressing concerns about land, power, and local utilities.

Leading in advanced compute takes new technology and the equipment to deploy it. DPN supports research, facility modernization, and stronger domestic manufacturing of the transformers, switchgear, and computing hardware now in short supply.

Responsible growth means measurable environmental progress. DPN supports practical policies that help facilities cut emissions, conserve water, and reuse equipment, with credible reporting that gives communities a clear picture and operators predictable rules.

Advanced compute needs suitable sites and a predictable path to build on them. DPN advocates for clear zoning, coordinated reviews, and transparent timelines, and for reusing brownfields and retired industrial sites, with host communities engaged from the start.

Computing capacity is hard to compare and hard to buy. DPN is building a member marketplace and discovery tools to make it easier, and is helping shape fair, transparent rules for emerging compute markets, including compute futures.