PG&E Data Center Pipeline Shrinks to 9.6GW

Californian utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has seen its data center pipeline fall by 400MW compared to June, reporting 9.6GW of projects seeking a connection. While the utility saw a decline in early-stage data center projects in its pipeline, it reported that 18 projects totaling 1.6GW have entered the final engineering stage, up from 1.5GW reported in its Q2 earnings report. 

Commenting on the results, PG&E CEO Patricia Poppe said: "Our data center pipeline remains robust at over 9.5GW. We've seen modest net attrition in our application and preliminary engineering phase since June. However, our projects in the final engineering stage continue to grow and advance. Most of the applications in our pipeline are for 100MW or less.”

Poppe went on to contend that the utility is confident that data centers designed to support AI inference models will “have strong and compelling reasons to want to locate in PG&E’s service area, which includes Silicon Valley.”