- Texas data center expansion meets new grid and water standards
- Governor in Texas proposes data center regulation, while a coalition welcomes the proposals regarding interconnection to the ERCOT grid.
Abbott ordered a pause on data center connections to ERCOT, while Google announced a $40 billion investment in Texas.
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What happened
Abbott ordered a pause on data center connections to ERCOT, while Google announced a $40 billion investment in Texas.
Who's involved
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Governor in Texas proposes data center regulation, while a coalition welcomes the proposals regarding interconnection to the ERCOT grid.Also in this story
- A coalition is seeking a state moratorium on data centers and targeting the gubernatorial office for policy change in Texas.
- Governor Greg Abbott proposes data center regulation to address ERCOT grid strain caused by AI data centers in Texas.
- Governor directs the Public Utility Commission of Texas to shield Texans from potential utility issues.
Within Texas data center expansion meets new grid and water standards
The entities involved
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Electric Reliability Council of Texas
regional transmission organization in Texas
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Texas
state of the United States of America
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Google
American multinational technology company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
Related events
- A data center project involving Meta in El Paso is facing public scrutiny regarding its high demands for power and water services under Texas regulation.
- The concentration of data centers in the state of Texas is a current development.
- Montera Infrastructure is developing hyperscale data centers in Texas with the support of Greg Abbott's administration.
- Google is building data centers that are utilizing the power grid managed by PJM Interconnection.