Energy & Grid Management
Molly Glick
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Tue, Jul 28

NEWS: In California and Texas, data center queues are ballooning.

  • In the Golden State: PG&E has 12.7 GW in its data center pipeline…up from 5.1 GW in Q1. Now, the company says it’s giving possible projects more scrutiny to boost confidence in the queue. By 2030, the utility predicts it’ll serve 1.8 GW of new data centers. “As we continue to build our pipeline, we’re focusing not on size, but on quality,” said PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe on a recent earnings call.

  • Down South: CenterPoint Energy has submitted >17 GW of large-load projects to ERCOT’s new Batch Zero interconnection process, and expects 14 GW “to be eligible as base load or studied load,” according to a statement. This would raise CenterPoint’s Houston peak demand by more than 65%. 

  • Also in Texas: Meta and BlackRock have announced a 1-GW data center project in El Paso…but it’s unclear where all that power will come from.

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