Despite utilities in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina requesting roughly 10 GW of new generation capacity, independent modeling puts the most likely data center electricity need at 3.5 to 5.5 GW — a 0.2 percent chance of the full buildout materializing. The approved plan carries an estimated $50-60 billion price tag for ratepayers.
Experts say utilities’ projected data center growth is speculative
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