Nearly 2,000 U.S. Power Projects Nixed This Year Despite Data Center Energy Crunch

Even as a data center building boom sends power demand skyrocketing and strains grids across the country, energy developers have canceled 1,891 new power generation projects in 2025, according to a report published last week by energy transition tracker Cleanview.

The canceled projects represent a combined 266 gigawatts of generation capacity — the equivalent of roughly a quarter of the country`s existing generation capacity. 

Clean energy projects accounted for 93% of these cancellations, according to Cleanview. Developers nixed 86 GW of planned solar generation this year, as well as nearly 80 GW of battery storage projects and 54 GW of wind. Only 5 GW of gas generation was canceled in 2025...