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AI’s energy appetite too big for Texas grid, regulators warn
The Register, Oct. 4, 2024
Updated As the saying goes, everything is bigger in Texas, but as datacenter footprints explode amid the AI boom, regulators fear even the Lone Star state’s utilities won’t be able to keep up for much longer.
The Texas’ Public Utility Commission is now warning datacenter operators looking to set up shop in the US state within the next 12 to 15 months that they won’t be able to rely entirely on the local grid and will have to supply at least some of their own power. As some of you will know, Texas has at times suffered blackouts from demand overload, and outages sparked by storms damaging infrastructure.
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