The second step in projecting data center load was to estimate what proportion of this load could be located in different parts of SPP. Currently available information suggests that planned data centers have similar spatial distributions to existing data centers. For instance, based on information from Baxtel, we estimate that 6.7% of current U.S. data center load to be located within SPP, shown in Figure 10. Based on planned locations shown in Figure 11, we anticipate 7.3% of data center load to be located within SPP a decade from now. This does not reflect a significant deviation from historical, at least in the near future, but reflects the near-term rush to build data centers and the ease of doing so near existing supply chains and labor force. We keep this 7.3% allocation all the way through 2050 but caveat the results by noting that SPP could attract a larger share in the future based on relative energy prices. The resulting loads for SPP are shown in the results section. FIGURE 10 Current Data Centers within SPP SPP FUTURE LOAD SCENARIOS | EVOLVED ENERGY RESEARCH | 17