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FirstEnergy’s utilities have contracts to serve 6.4 GW of data center load by 2035, up 50% from the first quarter, and the company expects to sign deals to serve another 1.5 GW within two weeks, Brian Tierney, FirstEnergy chairman, president and CEO, said Wednesday during an earnings conference call.
At the same time, FirstEnergy’s total data center demand, including its pipeline of potential customers, increased 30% in the second quarter to 24.8 GW, led by its Ohio service territory, according to an earnings presentation by the Akron, Ohio-based utility company.
4.1 GW
Data center pipeline in West Virginia, up 155% from 1.6 GW in the first quarter.
