Surging Data Center Growth to Help Lower Energy Costs for PG&E Customers

Every 1,000 MW (or 1 GW) of New Electric Demand from Data Centers Could Decrease Monthly Electric Bills by 1-2% SAN JOSE, Calif., May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is seeing a huge jump in the amount of electricity needed for new data centers. These centers, which power things like cloud storage and artificial intelligence (AI), are expected to need about 8.7 gigawatts (GW) of electricity over the next 10 years. That's a big increase from the 5.5 GW PG&E reported at the en ...