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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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East Coast Weather Brings Record Energy Demand

LCG, January 28, 2003-Mid-Atlantic states have been experiencing nearly two weeks of cold weather, increasing demand for electricity to record levels.

PJM Interconnection, responsible for transmission for much of the mid-Atlantic region, has said that demand on Thursday of last week peaked at 55,031 megawatts, over 4,000 megawatts higher than the previous record demand of 50,864 megawatts, which was recorded two days prior.

The daytime high temperature on that Thursday, January 23, was 17 degrees Fahrenheit (or minus 8 Celsius). Before this year's demand record, the winter record in for PJM Interconnection was 50,129 megawatts, made January 27 of 2000.

PJM's all-time demand record is 63,777 megawatts, recorded August 14, 2002. Generally electricity demand is highest during the summer.

PJM serves 25 million people in Mid-Atlantic States and is connected to 71,600 megawatts of capacity.

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