PJM International Suspends Plan for New Data Center Power Auctions

The suspension leaves a gap between how fast data center demand is arriving and how the grid operator's auction mechanism is set up to procure it. That mismatch matters most for developers whose projects depend on securing power through this process, and for the broader question of whether auction-based procurement can keep pace with concentrated load growth. No restart timeline means the uncertainty itself becomes the operative fact. Whether PJM reopens the process, and on what terms, is the open question.