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What share of the ERCOT large-load queue is data centers, versus crypto, industrial or unspecified load?

ERCOT classifies tracked large-load projects by type. The data-center share is shown as ERCOT labels it. Other categories are recorded only where the source prints a value for them.

Data-center share

Plate 1
Each point is a separate claim at its as-of date, on a scale starting at zero. Points link to their Cartas; every field is in the table below.
ValueAs ofSourceFilter, as publishedEvidenceCarta
87.6 % 26 Mar 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
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). Outdated as of 25 Apr 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001
77.5 % 13 Mar 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
ERCOT slide "Large Load Project Distribution by Type", pie chart label for category "Data Center" (share of tracked large load, with MW). Outdated as of 12 Apr 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-13-001
74.4 % 25 Feb 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
ERCOT slide "Large Load Project Distribution by Type", pie chart label for category "Data Center" (share of tracked large load, with MW). Outdated as of 27 Mar 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-02-25-001

Data-center megawatts

Plate 2
ValueAs ofSourceFilter, as publishedEvidenceCarta
355,830 MW 26 Mar 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
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). Outdated as of 25 Apr 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_MW-2026-03-26-001
183,469 MW 13 Mar 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
ERCOT slide "Large Load Project Distribution by Type", pie chart label for category "Data Center" (share of tracked large load, with MW). Outdated as of 12 Apr 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_MW-2026-03-13-001
175,124 MW 25 Feb 2026 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Grid operator (primary)
ERCOT slide "Large Load Project Distribution by Type", pie chart label for category "Data Center" (share of tracked large load, with MW). Outdated as of 27 Mar 2026 CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_MW-2026-02-25-001

Crypto, industrial, hydrogen and unspecified

Plate 3

No Carta recorded yet.

Not yet recorded

Plate 4

Missing

These would help answer the question and are not recorded yet:

  • Megawatts by non-data-center category (ERCOT charts show these as bars without printed values)