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Campuses, expected load and gas burn for a state, utility, grid region or metro, with notes on confidence.
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Topics we cover
- Grid capacity and interconnectionLarge-load queues, transmission, substations and who gets connected first.
- Natural gas demand and pipelinesOn-site turbines and fuel cells, gas-fired plants built for data centers, and pipeline headroom.
- Electric bills and capacity marketsHow data center load shows up in PJM capacity prices and other customers' bills.
- Large-load tariffsMinimum bills, contract terms and collateral rules that decide who pays.
- Community economicsTax base, jobs, utility rates, land and water: what a campus means for the town it lands in.
- Announced versus builtWhy most of the pipeline won't run by 2030, and how to tell a real project from a placeholder.
- Regional outlooksPJM, ERCOT, SPP, MISO, the Southeast, the West, Alberta and the rest of Canada.
- Energy costs for large usersWhat commercial and industrial customers should expect, and how to check their bills.
Using our data and charts
You're welcome to quote figures from the index and reproduce our charts in news coverage, blogs, research and educational material. Please credit:
Source: Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy
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Figures marked “expected” or “estimated” are our model outputs, not reported numbers. The index is updated as new information comes in, so please check with us before publishing a figure from an older edition. See our disclosures.
Key figures at a glance
Updated November 3, 2026
- Campuses of 100 MW+ tracked, US and Canada
- 87
- Announced at full buildout
- 205 GW
- Expected running by 2030, weighted by build stage
- 55 GW
- Added natural gas burn, average day
- 5.1 Bcf/d
- Tracked PJM load by 2030, share of summer peak
- 10%
- Share of PJM 2028/29 capacity cost attributed to data centers
- 38%
About Discovery Energy
Discovery Energy Utility Audits is an independent, contingency-based utility bill audit and Utility Cost Intelligence firm for multi-site commercial and industrial organizations across the US and Canada. It was founded in 2000 in South Jordan, Utah.
The Data Center Index grew out of that work: large new loads change the rates, capacity charges and gas prices our clients pay, and we track them so energy buyers, communities and reporters can see what is coming. Learn more at deaudits.com.
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