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Stanford researchers have identified significant areas of North America’s western electricity grid that are underutilized and good places to build data centers and new generators. Next, they recommend targeted replacement, refurbishment, and added flexibility of transmission assets before new transmission lines can be built.
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Most strikingly, the researchers say the design opens a realistic path to 100- to 1,000-fold improvements in a key metric that balances speed and energy efficiency.
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The Forbes 2026 cohort includes five Stanford alumni working in sustainability and three students. The five women and three men have taken advantage of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in and around the university.
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