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c/texas · by wjrii@lemmy.world · 32d

Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/texas-data-center-project-audit-greg-abbott/

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/technology/p/1309636/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1309635/texas-slams-on-the-brakes-for-1800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-5-times-high

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Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 21d

the puc should then be upgrading our grid if they want those things so bad