Both PJM and Southwest Power Pool face challenges from data center power demands, while ERCOT successfully managed heat.
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Updated Aug 4
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What happened
Both PJM and Southwest Power Pool face challenges from data center power demands, while ERCOT successfully managed heat.
Who's involved
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Grid operators PJM, SWPP, and ERCOT grapple with data center demand and heat challenges.1 source
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The entities involved
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PJM Interconnection
US regional transmission organization
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Southwest Power Pool
American power-grid non-profit in the central Southern US
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Electric Reliability Council of Texas
regional transmission organization in Texas
Related events
- The Electric Reliability Council of Texas called for an audit of all data centers in the interconnection queue while influencing grid capacity through regulatory rulemaking.
- ERCOT is managing the power grid in Texas.
- Greg Abbott ordered an audit of data center connections to the power grid, involving the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
- FlexGen and SMT are developing energy storage systems, with CenterPoint Energy breaking ground on a project, to support the ERCOT grid in Texas.
- ERCOT is managing the growth of large load interconnections in Texas.