Data centers are the primary driver of a huge increase in the expected demand for electricity on the ERCOT grid over the next ...

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Texas’ grid operator ERCOT projected electricity demand could hit 218 gigawatts by 2031, more than double the state’s record.

Texans could be days away from energy conservation, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). There is currently a possibility that ERCOT won't have enough power reserves on ...

Various corporations affiliated with the Texas power grid are household ... company via its upgraded outage map. DEEP DIVE: CenterPoint has invested heavily in Houston despite its extreme weather.

Texas lawmakers are trying to figure out how the state's already-strained power grid can keep up with the data centers that want to come to the state and consume large amounts of electricity.

Conversations about Texas' grid have heightened in recent years since the deadly winter storm of February 2021, when Texas' power grid — which is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of ...