AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several gigawatt-scale datacenters due to come online next year, Meta is looking at ways to offload excess energy capacity by selling it on the wholesale market.

This week, Atem Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Zuckercorp, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting permission to sell energy, capacity, and other ancillary services at market-based rates.

Access to adequate power has become a major bottleneck for AI infrastructure providers, many of which have been forced to commission large natural gas generator plants or even help reignite dormant nuclear reactors to support their datacenter buildouts.

According to the filing, Meta's Atem divisi

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