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PG&E Data Center Demand Pipeline Swells to 10 Gigawatts with Potential to Unlock Billions in Benefits for California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today shared that it is proactively working to serve 10 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity demand from data center projects over the next ten years—that's enough energy to power approximately 7.5 million homes simultaneously.
About this update from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
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