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 →
| # | Region | Low-carbon gen in queue (MW) | Data centers today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland / Hillsboro OR · | 101,554 | 1 |
| 2 | Silicon Valley CA · CAISO | 60,903 | — |
| 3 | Chicago Metro IL · | 59,741 | — |
| 4 | Seattle Metro WA · | 52,103 | — |
| 5 | Michigan MI · MISO | 42,266 | — |
| 6 | Atlanta Metro GA · | 37,603 | 2 |
| 7 | Utah UT · | 31,027 | — |
| 8 | Northern Virginia VA · | 30,078 | 6 |
| 9 | Columbus Metro OH · | 22,086 | 5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma OK · | 21,493 | 2 |
| 11 | Florida FL · | 20,315 | — |
| 12 | Dallas-Fort Worth TX · ERCOT | 18,985 | 9 |
| 13 | Arkansas AR · MISO | 18,484 | — |
| 14 | South Carolina SC · | 18,371 | 1 |
| 15 | Minnesota MN · MISO | 17,032 | 1 |
| 16 | Louisiana LA · MISO | 15,510 | 1 |
| 17 | Wisconsin WI · MISO | 14,204 | 1 |
| 18 | Iowa IA · MISO | 13,768 | 4 |
| 19 | Kansas City MO · MISO | 12,662 | — |
| 20 | Kansas KS · | 12,541 | — |
| 21 | San Antonio TX · ERCOT | 11,083 | — |
| 22 | Phoenix Metro AZ · | 9,920 | 1 |
| 23 | Colorado CO · | 9,202 | 1 |
| 24 | Alabama AL · | 7,859 | 1 |
| 25 | Reno / Sparks NV · | 7,391 | — |
| 26 | Pennsylvania PA · | 6,773 | — |
| 27 | Omaha / Nebraska NE · | 5,858 | 3 |
| 28 | Mississippi MS · MISO | 5,561 | 1 |
| 29 | North Dakota ND · MISO | 5,501 | 1 |
| 30 | New Mexico NM · | 5,116 | 1 |
| 31 | Kentucky KY · | 5,011 | — |
| 32 | New York / New Jersey Metro NJ · | 3,890 | 1 |
| 33 | North Carolina NC · | 2,902 | 1 |
| 34 | Wyoming WY · | 2,040 | 1 |