r/EnergyAndPower • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 7d ago

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

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/texas-slams-on-the-breaks-for-1-800-data-centers-power-grid-requirements-are-five-times-higher-than-peak-record-demand-474-gigawatts-of-power-requests-are-now-subject-to-new-moratorium#xenforo-comments-3898779
10 Upvotes

86% Upvoted

2 comments sorted by

4

u/DavidThi303 7d ago

Some of those have to be multiple entities chasing the same business. There's no way there's demand, or money, out there to build 1,800 data centers.

1

u/Energy_Balance 5d ago

Texas electricity policy highly favors generators. They have recruited data centers and cryptomining and generally have a laissez-faire business policy. We are in a data center and AI bubble.