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Texas has 474GW of data centre requests and no idea how many are real

The Next WebPublished 9 days ago

Texas faces a surge in data centre power connection requests totaling 474GW, vastly exceeding actual demand and capacity. This 'ghost demand' complicates grid planning as many requests are speculative, with similar trends seen across US regions. Measures like higher application fees have reduced speculative requests in some states.

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