Data Centers -- Page 2

Statista chart: the US has 5,427 data centers, about 46% of the world total, as of May 2026.

AEP raises its five-year capital plan to $100 billion as contracted load through 2031 reaches 84 GW.

Galaxy reports Helios Phase II under construction for CoreWeave in Dickens County, Texas, with 830 MW unleased.

EIA forecast: ERCOT demand up 14% in 2026 as data centers come online.

EIA data show Virginia commercial power sales up nearly 30 million MWh since 2019.

CenterPoint lifts its 10-year plan to $70.7 billion and expects 14 GW of new demand by 2030.

QTS and Georgia Power launch a $14 million program for 800 Fayette County homes.

IEA 2024 data: Northern Virginia leads at 6.98 GW; Chicago, Dallas and Omaha also rank in the global top ten.

IEA base case: data centers add 530 TWh of electricity demand from 2024 to 2030, about 8% of the global increase.

Alabama PSC order sets contract review rules for data centers; Alabama Power tariff takes effect Nov. 23.

MDEQ cites SpaceXAI parent MZX Tech over stormwater permits at three Southaven, Mississippi data center sites.

Statista chart using Pew data: Virginia has 685 U.S. data centers, Texas 466, Georgia 235 with 141 in the pipeline.

EIA's AEO2026 projects data center servers reaching 22% to 33% of U.S. commercial building electricity use by 2050.

Google and Voltus aim for 1 GW of virtual power plant capacity in PJM, up from 100 MW, to serve data center load.

Gwinnett County reports seven operating data centers along I-85, one expanding and none planned, county officials said.

Nvidia's share of combined data center chip revenue with Intel and AMD rose from 25% in 2021 to 86% in 2025.

Texas has 140 data centers under construction, Virginia 136, Georgia 56, per Aterio data as of March 2026.

Microsoft and NiSource agree a 20-year power deal adding about 1.1GW and 600MW of battery storage for an Indiana campus.

Carrier Connect signs a five-year deal for the full 4MW Alpharetta, Georgia data center in Fulton County.