Google to Spend $25 billion on Data Centers in PJM

Google plans to spend $25 billion on data centers and AI infrastructure in the country’s largest grid – PJM.

PJM is in charge of power for 13 states across the mid-Atlantic, Midwest and South. The grid has been struggling to meet growing power demand in recent years.

This is becoming particularly troubling as data centers and manufacturing ramp up. The PJM covers northern Virginia, the world’s largest data center market.

To address this problem, Google is also planning to spend $3 billion to modernize two Pennsylvania hydroelectric plants. This is part of a larger agreement between Google and Brookfield Asset Management to purchase 3,000 MW of hydroelectric power.