Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand

德克萨斯州因需求过大致数据中心暂停接入电网

来源: arstechnica.com | 主题: Power | 评论: 69

时间: on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @11:30PM

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the "epicenter of AI development," Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid connections for data centers -- at least until developers provide more information about their projects' potential impacts on the grid and communities. The Republican governor directed regulators in an August 3 announcement at the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the grid operators at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to perform a "comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT's interconnection process." As an independent system operator, ERCOT oversees a power grid that operates

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