The United States' power grid is facing its most significant supply-demand challenge in decades, with its largest grid system, PJM, unable to accommodate the power requirements of emerging data centers. This predicament is compelling project developers to contemplate the construction of their own ancillary power plants. Joe Bowring, President of Monitoring Analytics, the independent regulatory authority overseeing PJM, emphasized that the current grid lacks the new generation capacity to meet the demands of additional loads. PJM, the region with the highest concentration of data centers in the U.S., has been enduring persistent power stress for over a year. Bowring advised that if data center developers intend to embark on new projects, they should incorporate their own power generation facilities to alleviate strain on the grid. Furthermore, he proposed the establishment of an expedited review process to enable data center projects equipped with their own power generation to swiftly connect to the grid, thus reducing the review timeframe. The strained power supply has escalated market prices, underscoring the current imbalance between supply and demand.