: FirstEnergy Q2 By the numbers 4.1 GW Data center pipeline in West Virginia, up 155% from 1.6 GW in the first quarter. The company’s data center contracts and its contract pipeline totals about 70% of its July system peak load of 34.8 GW, according to Tierney. FirstEnergy data center demand grows FirstEnergy’s contracted data center customers by state and its data center pipeline. The second-quarter surge in contracted data center load across FirstEnergy’s utilities reflects a desire by data center companies to enter the PJM Interconnection’s transmission planning process, which is viewed as a bottleneck to getting online as quickly as possible, Tierney said. Every GW of data center load requires roughly $250 million in transmission upgrades, FirstEnergy estimates.