The “rapid explosion” of large load users looking to connect onto Texas’ electric grid are being built faster than traditional transmission planning can manage, according to the Electricity ...

In 2025 - for the first year ever - solar arrays provided more electricity to Texas' main power grid than coal-fired power ...

HOUSTON — ERCOT is speaking up about the growth in data centers across the state. They said they’re seeing applications for the large load centers come in at record rates. These large load centers ...

Texas' power grid is getting slammed with more big requests than ever, and most of them are coming from the booming world of artificial intelligence. ERCOT reported this week that large load ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...

Texas is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of artificial intelligence-driven energy demand, with an unprecedented surge in large-load power requests, a wave now dominated by AI data centers rather than ...

Electricity demand is surging in Texas, and solar, wind, and battery storage are meeting it. According to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity demand across the ...

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