Robert Gaudette took over as the new CEO of power and electricity giant NRG Energy at the end of April ready to ride the AI wave and build the “bespoke desires and needs” of hyperscalers nationwide.
But NRG isn’t only in the business of rapidly building new power plants—primarily gas-fired facilities—to satiate the hunger of data centers. NRG also is leaning into the burgeoning business of turning the United States’ dumb power grid smart with better technology and efficiency.
