Large US Grid Lacks Capacity for Data Centers, Watchdog Says (1)

The biggest US grid has no spare supply for new data centers, meaning project developers will need to start building their own power plants, according to the system’s independent watchdog.

“There is simply no new capacity to meet new loads,” said Joe Bowring, president of Monitoring Analytics, which is the independent watchdog for PJM Interconnection, the grid that extends from Washington DC to Chicago. “The solution is to make sure that people who want to build data centers are serious enough about it to bring their own generation.”

PJM, which is home to the highest domestic concentration of data ...