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  1. Data center demand is causing retail rates to rise and drawing power from aging coal plants across multiple states.
  2. Data center expansion in the region is driving up power needs and causing price surges in the largest U.S. power market.
  3. Energy-hungry data centers are straining the PJM grid, causing capacity prices to soar, leading PJM to develop a procurement strategy for shortfalls.

Hyperscale facilities relied on the bulk power system, which experienced a transmission line fault leading to a 3 GW load drop.

1 report, 1 independent Updated Jul 23
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Hyperscale facilities relied on the bulk power system, which experienced a transmission line fault leading to a 3 GW load drop.

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Dominion Energy

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Energy-hungry data centers are straining the PJM grid, causing capacity prices to soar, leading PJM to develop a procurement strategy for shortfalls.

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Within Data center demand is causing retail rates to rise and drawing power from aging coal plants across multiple states.

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