ETR · 8-K · 20261102PR000322

Data Center / Load Growth

ENTERGY CORP /DE/ · 2026-11-02 · Importance 39 · Surprise 50

Entergy reported that higher industrial electricity sales were driven in part by data center customers. Industrial sales increased 4.9% in the third quarter, while year-to-date industrial sales increased 9.6%. The release also identifies large-scale data centers and other large customers as sources of rapidly growing electricity demand, while noting that contracted or expected load growth may not materialize; no quantified data-center-specific sales figure is provided.

Key facts

• Entergy Arkansas announced an expansion of its service agreement with Google. source
• Entergy’s 2026-2027 results face a disclosed risk that rapidly growing electricity demand, including demand from large-scale data centers and other large customers, may not be met or that contracted or expected load growth may not materialize or be sustained. source
• Entergy’s third-quarter 2026 industrial sales growth of 4.9% was driven by higher sales to data center and primary metals customers. source