Santee Cooper partners with Google Cloud to roll out AI-driven load forecasting and financial planning tools
Will deploy both WeatherNext2 and Gemini Enterprise
Will deploy both WeatherNext2 and Gemini Enterprise
Backed by more than 20 partner companies
Aim to create AI-driven tools to optimize power usage and enhance sustainability in data centers
Company claims the platform will optimize grid capacity, prevent outages, and lower operational costs
Will see Google Cloud provide its AI services to NextEra
Said that early pilots have shown significant time and cost reductions
The partners aim to distribute hundreds of thousands of VPP-enabled smart thermostats by 2035 and create a nearly 1GW AI powered VPP
Initial technology was first developed by DeepMind