AI infrastructure power · Large-load interconnection · CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001
Data-center share of queued load
87.6%
As of 26 Mar 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Outdated as of 25 Apr 2026 Permalink
Record
- Filter, as published
ERCOT slide "Large Load Interconnection Requests", chart "Large Loads by Project Type", pie chart label for category "Data Center" (share of tracked large load, with MW).
- Category
- AI infrastructure power · Large-load interconnection
- Object
- ercot_large_load_queue
- Measure
- Data-center share of queued load (load_dc_share)
- Family
- large_load_queue · load
- Geography
- ERCOT · US
- Organization
- ERCOT
- Claim type
- Official extract
- Method
- OCR (RapidOCR, 2 agreeing passes) of the chart label on slide 3. Raw sha256 15ac8d6a3a8b. Verified against the source file on 2026-09-14 by TechCarta's automated checks: table values were read twice by OCR and matched, columns sum to their printed totals, and each value was compared with the slide image. Approved for publication by C.J. Fernandes.
- Source
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), ERCOT Update to the Texas Legislature, Large Load Interconnection Requests
Grid operator (primary) · retrieved 14 Sep 2026
https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/01/ERCOT_LargeLoad_Update_April2026_B-C_-Hearing.pdf
Archived copy (identical file) - Evidence
- Outdated as of 25 Apr 2026 Past its re-check date. Describes the evidence recorded for this claim, not whether it is true. How this is decided
- Re-check after
- 25 Apr 2026 (30 days after the as-of date)
- Notes
- The label's share and MW imply a denominator of about 406,199 MW; the queue total on the same deck's table is 410,618 MW.
- License
- cite_source
Cite this Carta
Plain text
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). (2026). ERCOT Update to the Texas Legislature, Large Load Interconnection Requests [Data-center share of queued load: 87.6%, as of 2026-03-26]. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/01/ERCOT_LargeLoad_Update_April2026_B-C_-Hearing.pdf. Recorded in TechCarta, CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001. https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001/
BibTeX
@misc{carta_loadq_ercot_dc_share_2026_03_26_001,
author = {{Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)}},
title = {ERCOT Update to the Texas Legislature, Large Load Interconnection Requests: Data-center share of queued load, 87.6\% (as of 2026-03-26)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/01/ERCOT_LargeLoad_Update_April2026_B-C_-Hearing.pdf}},
note = {TechCarta Carta CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001; source retrieved 2026-09-14},
url = {https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001/}
} This Carta is a TechCarta record, free to read and cite. Use of it requires citation. The underlying source belongs to its publisher.