PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest electric grid operator, issued alerts on July 15 as a heat wave pushed electricity demand higher and exposed mounting strain on a power grid grappling with surging data center consumption.
Data from the grid operator showed transmission line congestion, including around northern Virginia, home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Virginia leads the nation with 398 operating data centers and 287 planned, according to the Pew Research Center.
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