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ERCOT projects ~78 GW of data center demand on the Texas grid by 2030 — close to the entire state's record summer peak. That's about 580 TWh/year, or 64 large nuclear reactors' worth. Or roughly 9,000 firm-equivalent solar farms covering an area the size of New Jersey.
Over half of the projects newly added to New York's interconnection queue this year are data centers, totaling 7+ GW of new firm load expected by 2030. That's about 49 TWh/year — three times what Indian Point's two retired reactors used to produce.
Constellation's restarted 835 MW Three Mile Island Unit 1 will deliver about 7 TWh of carbon-free power per year exclusively to Microsoft. What 835 MW of restored nuclear actually translates to in solar farms, wind turbines, and gas plants.
Stargate's full 10 GW commitment would draw roughly 88 TWh/year — the equivalent of 10 large nuclear reactors. Powering it with West Texas solar instead would need ~1,100 utility-scale farms covering an area larger than the city of Houston.