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Texas hits the brakes on data centers as grid queue balloons to 474 GW
TechCrunch AI · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read
The free-for-all is over. Texas, the nation's second-biggest data center hub, is slamming the brakes on new projects af...
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Texas hits brakes on data centers with new grid audit as power requests surge 5x
The Verge AI · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read
If you're building a data center in Texas, the math just got harder. Governor Greg Abbott ordered state regulators on M...
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PJM to cut power to massive data centers by 2027 as grid strains under AI boom
TechCrunch AI · Jul 28, 2026 · 2 min read
The largest U.S. electrical grid just drew a hard line with Big Tech. PJM Interconnection, which manages power for 67 m...
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US data centers will consume 20% of the nation's electricity by 2035
TechCrunch AI · Jul 21, 2026 · 2 min read
American data centers are on track to gobble up a fifth of all U.S. electricity by 2035. That's a fourfold jump from to...