The Energy Map

Where AI power is forming — by region.

Name: LOADSTAR Energy Map — low-carbon generation forming in the queue for AI, by US region
Creator: LOADSTAR
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How much low-carbon generation is requesting interconnection in each region's queue, across the major US grid operators — the power supply forming to serve the AI buildout. AI infrastructure follows cheap, deliverable power; this ranks where that supply is actually forming today. Descriptive: today's queue, not a forecast of where a data center will be built.

This is the supply side. The gap between all the power requested and the sliver with a signed agreement is THE LOADSTAR NUMBER — what this means →

39 regions · low-carbon gen in queue · updated Aug 29, 2026 · JSON

#	Region	Low-carbon gen in queue (MW)	Data centers today
1	Portland / Hillsboro OR ·	101,554	3
2	Chicago Metro IL ·	58,907	—
3	Silicon Valley CA · CAISO	57,866	—
4	Seattle Metro WA ·	52,103	—
5	Michigan MI · MISO	42,027	—
6	Oklahoma OK ·	39,395	4
7	Atlanta Metro GA ·	37,603	5
8	Utah UT ·	31,027	3
9	Kansas KS ·	26,147	—
10	Columbus Metro OH ·	22,259	10
11	Florida FL ·	20,315	—
12	Arkansas AR · MISO	19,538	—
13	Dallas-Fort Worth TX · ERCOT	19,248	18
14	South Carolina SC ·	18,371	2
15	Minnesota MN · MISO	17,452	2
16	Louisiana LA · MISO	15,970	2
17	Kansas City MO · MISO	15,332	—
18	Wisconsin WI · MISO	14,098	2
19	Iowa IA · MISO	13,955	8
20	Colorado CO ·	13,741	2
21	San Antonio TX · ERCOT	13,211	—
22	Omaha / Nebraska NE ·	11,640	6
23	West Texas / Abilene TX · ERCOT	10,379	6
24	Alabama AL ·	7,859	3
25	Phoenix Metro AZ ·	7,400	2
26	North Dakota ND · MISO	6,595	2
27	New Mexico NM ·	6,023	2
28	Pennsylvania PA ·	5,837	1
29	Mississippi MS · MISO	5,561	2
30	Kentucky KY ·	4,754	—
31	Southern Nevada NV ·	4,697	—
32	New York / New Jersey Metro NJ ·	3,726	1
33	Wyoming WY ·	3,393	2
34	North Carolina NC ·	2,862	2
35	Northern Virginia VA ·	2,662	14
36	Central Virginia / Richmond VA ·	2,432	—
37	Western New York NY · NYISO	2,343	—
38	New Carlisle / Northern Indiana IN · MISO	1,207	2
39	Central Indiana IN · MISO	680	4

How to read it, honestly. "Low-carbon gen in queue" is low-carbon capacity requesting interconnection in each region — a supply signal (the power forming to serve future load), not delivered or cheap power; some needs costly transmission to reach load, and a 0 or blank can mean we have not mapped that region's queue yet, not that none exists. Regions are ranked by that queued supply. The data-center count is existing ground-truth (context), not a claim that cheap power attracts them. Wholesale price ($/MWh) returns as a column as each ISO's redistribution terms are verified (PJM stays internal-use). A descriptive snapshot of today across ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO and ISO-NE, cross-referenced to official ISO sources, not a prediction. Method open: /methodology.

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LOADSTAR Energy Map — low-carbon gen in queue by US region, as of Aug 29, 2026. index.loadstar.energy/energy