Stocks & Investing·May 19, 2026

Slow Data Center Hookups Offer Summer Relief for US Power Grids

Key grids across the US have lowered their summer demand forecasts to reflect the slower-than-anticipated pace of data centers and other large connections, potentially helping avoid heat-related blackouts and energy shortages in the coming months.

Bloomberg MarketsMay 191 min readPrimary source

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Key grids across the US have lowered their summer demand forecasts to reflect the slower-than-anticipated pace of data centers and other large connections, potentially helping avoid heat-related blackouts and energy shortages in the coming months.

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