Where the claims disagree

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Observed large-load peak consumption

Different definitions

ERCOT · 13 Mar 2026 · funnel_metered_peak_mw · 3 claims

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Range across these claims, lowest to highest: 3,801 MW (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), 2026-03-13, Outdated) to 5,768 MW (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), 2026-03-13, Outdated).

5,768MW Outdated as of 12 Apr 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 13 Mar 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Current Large Load Interconnection Queue", table row "Observed Energized", column 2026. ERCOT definition: "Projects that have received Approval to Energize from ERCOT Operations and are fully operational. Represented by all time non-simultaneous peak load consumption." CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-OBSERVED_ENERGIZED-2026-03-13-001 3,883MW Outdated as of 12 Apr 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 13 Mar 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Loads Approved to Energize – Observations 1", verbatim: "Of the 9042 MW that have received Approval to Energize, ERCOT has observed a non-simultaneous monthly peak consumption of 3883 MW in March 2025 which is a slight decrease since February 2025." Defined by ERCOT as "the sum of the maximum value for each individual load per month". CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-PEAK_NONSIMULTANEOUS-2026-03-13-001 3,801MW Outdated as of 12 Apr 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 13 Mar 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Loads Approved to Energize – Observations 2", verbatim: "ERCOT has observed a simultaneous monthly peak consumption of 3801 MW in March 2025 which is a slight decrease since February 2025." Defined by ERCOT as "the maximum value of the sum of all the individual loads per month". CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-PEAK_SIMULTANEOUS-2026-03-13-001

Observed large-load peak consumption

Different definitions

ERCOT · 25 Feb 2026 · funnel_metered_peak_mw · 3 claims

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Range across these claims, lowest to highest: 3,846 MW (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), 2026-02-25, Outdated) to 5,732 MW (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), 2026-02-25, Outdated).

5,732MW Outdated as of 27 Mar 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 25 Feb 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Current Large Load Interconnection Queue", table row "Observed Energized", column 2026. ERCOT definition: "Projects that have received Approval to Energize from ERCOT Operations and are fully operational. Represented by all time non-simultaneous peak load consumption." CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-OBSERVED_ENERGIZED-2026-02-25-001 3,998MW Outdated as of 27 Mar 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 25 Feb 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Loads Approved to Energize – Observations 1", verbatim: "Of the 8876 MW that have received Approval to Energize, ERCOT has observed a non-simultaneous monthly peak consumption of 3998 MW in February 2025 which is a slight decrease since January 2025." Defined by ERCOT as "the sum of the maximum value for each individual load per month". CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-PEAK_NONSIMULTANEOUS-2026-02-25-001 3,846MW Outdated as of 27 Mar 2026 Observed large-load peak consumption As of 25 Feb 2026 · Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) · Grid operator (primary) ERCOT slide "Loads Approved to Energize – Observations 2", verbatim: "ERCOT has observed a simultaneous monthly peak consumption of 3846 MW in February 2025 which is a slight increase since January 2025." Defined by ERCOT as "the maximum value of the sum of all the individual loads per month". CARTA-OPLOAD-ERCOT-PEAK_SIMULTANEOUS-2026-02-25-001

Data-center share of electricity use

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US · 19 Dec 2024 · dc_electricity_share_percent · 2 claims

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Range across these claims, lowest to highest: 4 % (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), 2024-05-28, Outdated) to 4.4 % (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024-12-19, Single source).

4% Outdated as of 28 May 2026 Data-center share of electricity use, , for 2023 As of 28 May 2024 · Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) · Research institute share of the total load in 2023 (average estimate); stated as "about 4%" CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2023-2024-05-28-001 4.4% Single source Data-center share of electricity use, , for 2023 As of 19 Dec 2024 · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · National laboratory synthesis share of total U.S. electricity consumption CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2023-2024-12-19-001