united states · 2022 → 2024
AI Grid Pressure Atlas Every dot is a U.S. data center. Brighter clouds mark where the AI build-out overlaps with rising electricity demand and grid-planning strain. Hover a dot for the operator; click a cloud for the evidence.
cloud brightness shows:
— overall grid pressure data-center density electricity-use growth peak-demand strain power-supply squeeze proposed new power electricity price rise 2024
the answer · 2024 · ranked by AI grid-pressure
Northern Virginia is carrying the most AI-grid pressure in the country right now.This area has 277 mapped data-center sites in the open IM3/PNNL location data, so it has a data-center concentration score of 100.
1 Northern Virginia 77 2 Hillsboro-Portland 72 3 Atlanta 64 4 Columbus-New Albany 64 5 Salt Lake City 63 6 Crook 63 click any metro — or a glowing cloud — for the evidence
1,382 mapped data centers · 43 named project leads · 53 scored grid regions · 18/18 source files · bundled-fallback · locations are approximate; no substations shown · overlap, not proof of causation