The Engineering Mindset Breaking the Grid

Heatmap · June 29, 2026 · Jacob Grindal

Heatmap News publishes an op-ed by Jacob Grindal, Halcyon Senior Research Manager and 12-year ISO New England veteran, arguing that the clash between AI hyperscalers and the U.S. power grid comes from treating the grid as an engineering problem when it's really a coordination problem.