More than 3 GW of data center load left the PJM system on July 22, 2026, after a single transmission fault. This is an argument the data center industry should make for itself, rather than receive from a standards drafting team. More than 3 GW of load left the PJM Interconnection system, about 3% of demand at the time, according to PJM figures reported by Reuters. A Protection System That Happens to ComputeThis is what the data center industry has not internalized. —Shalin Savalia is a senior electrical engineer at Amazon Web Services, where he works on data center power systems.