Utilities Make Plans to Accommodate Growing Data Center Loads

August 19, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As time progresses, increasing numbers of proposals for data centers are presented to U.S. communities and utilities, staking claim to resources such as land, water and power. The power loads demanded from multiple data center facilities add up quickly, with some utilities reporting multiple gigawatts of proposals coming to them each quarter. Power providers, in particular, face challenges attempting to forecast exactly how many of these proposed data centers actually will see the light of day, without overbuilding power supplies and leaving existing customers holding the bill. Major U.S. utilities have discussed elements of their plans to accommodate the load growth from data centers.