Texas ‘open’ for data center boom as lawmakers grapple with its challenges
The same is true in Waco and Hillsboro, where a planned data center is calling for 828 megawatts of power per year. That eclipses the amount the cities used together in 2023. It’s the same story in ...
What's the difference between NRG, Reliant and CenterPoint? How the Texas power grid works.
NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, better known as ERCOT. Various corporations affiliated with the Texas power grid are household names in Houston. But what do ...
Texas Senate passes bill to improve grid reliability, ready state for more data centers
The bill, which would improve grid reliability among other things, readies the state to support more data centers and AI ...
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Statement on the Unanimous Passage of Senate Bill 6 — Increasing Texas’ Electric Grid Reliability
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 6, Increasing Texas’ Electric ...
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ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move CenterPoint’s mobile generators to San Antonio
Read full article: La Porte man charged with possessing child porn now facing sexual assault of child charge in 2012 ... generators. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas board unanimously ...
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Lawmakers Grapple With Needs of Texas Data Center Boom
Data centers are starting to set up across Texas, and they require more electricity to power their scores of hard drives and AI computing than what is needed by entire municipalities.
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ERCOT agrees to use CenterPoint's unused generators to fill power shortfall
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ board has agreed to finalize ... CenterPoint would continue to not charge customers for the units for any future periods, the company said in its ...
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Texas ‘open’ for data center boom as lawmakers grapple with its challenges
Phil King’s North Central Texas backyard ... to defy emission standards and federal air pollution laws while using them because ERCOT declares an emergency. What’s likely to be the most ...