Data Center Location Optimized for Energy Cost Data Centers Before 2030: We assume data center growth H2 Electrolysis will be based on historical built patterns Industrial Boilers Other End-Use Loads After 2030: We explore the impacts of 2024 allowing 50% of data center load growth to locate based on energy cost Result: Both the northern and southern area of the wind belt see high data center growth However, without much spread in clean electricity cost between different places in the wind belt, the best location for this load 2050 growth is uncertain and other factors, not represented here, may predominate. © 2024 Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Source: Historical data center locations from Baxtel: https://baxtel.com/data-center/united-states, 2050 Data From the Central Scenario © 2024 by Evolved Energy Research 7