PJM and ERCOT face grid connection requests exceeding US power capacity
PJM and ERCOT face grid connection requests exceeding US power capacity AI data centers and Bitcoin miners are flooding America's two largest grid operators with power demands that dwarf existing infrastructure, risking trillions in stranded semiconductor investment Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. That’s a nearly 300% increase year-over-year. More than 70% of those ERCOT requests come from data centers, the sprawling server farms that power everything from ChatGPT to cloud computing.
- ▪PJM and ERCOT face grid connection requests exceeding US power capacity AI data centers and Bitcoin miners are flooding America's two largest grid operators with power demands that dwarf existing infrastructure, risking trillions in strande
- ▪That’s a nearly 300% increase year-over-year.
- ▪More than 70% of those ERCOT requests come from data centers, the sprawling server farms that power everything from ChatGPT to cloud computing.
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PJM and ERCOT face grid connection requests exceeding US power capacity AI data centers and Bitcoin miners are flooding America's two largest grid operators with power demands that dwarf existing infrastructure, risking trillions in stranded semiconductor investment Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. 14, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); Here’s a number that should make you uncomfortable: ERCOT’s…
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