NEMA

100 years ago, electrical manufacturing helped power a modern world. Today, it powers everything. 2026 marks NEMA’s centennial — honoring a century of standards, safety, and innovation, and setting the stage for what’s next. #NEMA100

🌎From Latin America to global smart cities standards, NEMA continues expanding international collaboration that shapes the future of infrastructure & tech. 🏙️New role in global smart cities standards 🤝New agreement w/ Costa Rica’s standards body 5️⃣Latin America partnerships

Of course, AI infrastructure isn't just chips & servers. Electrical systems power each layer of an AI data center—from generation & storage to power distribution, cabling, and fire & life safety. Electroindustry equipment makes up ~33% of total AI data center build costs. (2/2)

💻AI runs on #electricity. ⚡️As @NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang notes, #energy is the foundation of #AI infrastructure. ✅Meeting surging demand will require faster permitting, expanded transmission & policies that strengthen 🇺🇸 electrical manufacturing. blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ai-5-laye… (1/2)

Great to see @SiemensUSA expanding 🇺🇸 manufacturing to support AI & data center growth! Electricity demand is projected to grow 55% by 2050. Investments like this help meet the moment and create good-paying jobs. Washington can help by speeding permitting and grid buildout.

⚡@PBS highlights a key challenge for the U.S. energy system: electricity demand is rising rapidly with AI & data centers. Meeting it will require faster permitting, grid investment & stable supply chains amid rising equipment costs & tariffs. pbs.org/newshour/show/… @MilesOBrien

⚡️From #EV chargers to highway message boards, electrical products help keep America moving. 🇺🇸 NEMA is expanding our Make It American™ program to cover more transportation products—helping support domestic #manufacturing & #infrastructure investment. makeitelectric.org/newsroom/news/…

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👀 You’ve seen them on the highway: ⚠️ ACCIDENT AHEAD 🚧 LEFT LANE CLOSED ❄️ ICY BRIDGE ✅ Those changeable message signs keep drivers informed—and there’s a NEMA standard for it! 🇺🇸 Our new specification helps U.S. manufacturers meet Build America, Buy America requirements.

🔌Electricity demand is rising, and the systems that deliver power must keep pace. 🤝NEMA members are on Capitol Hill this week advocating for infrastructure policy, #EV charging deployment, and other issues. 📰Grateful for the coverage below from @PavanMAcharya at @POLITICO:

🔌Made by NEMA members, components like grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), distributed energy resources (DERs) & advanced transmission tools can maximize the grid we have now. Read more from @CEBoudreau's deep dive out of Richmond, Va. latitudemedia.com/news/virginia-… @GovernorVA (2/2)

⚡#Virginia is taking steps to get more out of the electric grid. NEMA supports efforts like HB 434/SB 621 to establish grid utilization metrics—helping utilities & regulators evaluate how existing infrastructure can be used more efficiently before building new capacity. (1/2)

The bipartisan REWIRE Act helps expand transmission capacity by upgrading existing lines and deploying grid-enhancing technologies. NEMA thanks @SenMcCormickPA and @SenPeterWelch for leading this effort to strengthen the U.S. power system. ⚡ More here: makeitelectric.org/newsroom/news/…

⚡️NEMA’s Peter Ferrell joined @BCSECleanEnergy on Capitol Hill this week to urge progress on permitting reform, including the bipartisan REWIRE Act. Thanks to @SenAlexPadilla and his team for a great discussion on accelerating grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors 🔌

📢 @Axios: “NEMA, the trade association of electrical equipment makers, issued a statement ahead of the @WhiteHouse meeting urging Congress to act on several bills aimed at upgrading the grid.” ➡️Read more via @ChuckMcCutcheon: axios.com/2026/03/04/tru…

🏗️ As the bill moves to the House, NEMA supports bipartisan efforts to remove barriers to building and upgrading homes, strengthening housing supply while delivering modern, efficient housing for American families. (3/3) usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

⚡More housing construction & modernization of existing homes require state-of-the-art electrical systems that light, power, heat, cool & connect today’s homes. America’s electrical manufacturers build the technologies that make homes safer, more efficient & more resilient. (2/3)

🏠Housing affordability is a growing concern for families across America. NEMA welcomes Senate passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan bill led by @SenatorTimScott & @SenWarren to expand housing supply & support construction, renovations & retrofits. (1/3)

🇺🇸 Bipartisan bills in Congress like the VET Act, sponsored by @RepKiggans & @RepHoulahan, can connect veterans w/ careers in the skilled trades powering America’s energy future. Read more from NEMA President & CEO Debra Phillips in @StarsAndStripes: stripes.com/opinion/2025-1… (2/2)

💻The #AI data center boom is driving a new reality: America needs a lot more electricians👨‍🏭 📰Great reporting from @ForePreston in @FortuneMagazine on how workforce shortages could shape the pace of U.S. infrastructure growth. ⚡ (1/2) fortune.com/2026/03/02/ai-…

📈AI-driven electricity demand is rising fast. 🔌The grid must keep pace. 🏛️NEMA energy policy expert Bridget Bartol outlines what Washington can do to accelerate grid infrastructure while manufacturers—including @Siemens_Energy—expand U.S. capacity 🇺🇸makeitelectric.org/newsroom/blog/…