Data centers are at the heart of the country’s expanding digital economy, including the rapid development of artificial intelligence. PJM is working with state and federal leaders to serve these facilities without decreasing system reliability or significantly increasing costs.

Data centers require large amounts of electricity and thus are by far the largest driver of load growth in the PJM footprint. We are working directly with our member utilities and other entities that deliver electricity to homes, businesses and institutions to understand how much of the planned data center development will actually materialize and when. This will allow us to best forecast their energy needs so that the transmission system is built out efficiently to support this digital infrastructure in a way that is fair to all consumers.