Proposed North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards cover computational loads of at least 50 MW connected at 100-kV-plus.

Utility Dive reports that reliability standards addressing AI data centers and cryptocurrency miners have moved closer to adoption. The proposed scope covers computational loads of 50 megawatts or more connected at voltage levels of at least 100 kilovolts.

Both qualifications matter: one describes the size of the electrical load, while the other describes its connection voltage. The proposal should therefore not be described as applying automatically to every data center, every 50-MW facility, or all cryptocurrency-mining operations.

The rules still require approval from NERC’s board and federal regulators. The supplied excerpt does not provide an effective date, implementation deadlines, or the detailed technical obligations, so it does not establish that these requirements are already enforceable.