Data centers drove $6.3B in PJM capacity auction costs: market monitor | Utility Dive

Data centres accounted for nearly $6.3 billion of the $63.6 billion in total capacity charges across PJM's last four auctions, according to market monitor Monitoring Analytics. The finding highlights how AI and cloud infrastructure demand is reshaping grid procurement costs and capacity market design.

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