# AI Data Centers Would Go Dark First On North America’s Largest Grid

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-data-centers-would-go-dark-first-on-north-americas-larges-cog9>
> Published: 2026-08-21 21:30:33+00:00

# AI Data Centers Would Go Dark First On North America’s Largest Grid

By Robert J. Szczerba, ContributorSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)PJM would cut new 50-megawatt data centers before anyone else unless they bring newly built power. FERC told every US grid to do the same.

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