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Texas Governor Abbott orders statewide audit of AI data center projects and halts new grid connection approvals; ERCOT interconnection queue contains 474 GW of pending capacity
Major regulatory brake on US AI data center expansion in largest power grid region; will materially slow infrastructure buildout across multiple operators and delay capacity deployment
Trade pressSlicast · August 4, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
importance 93Texas Governor Abbott orders statewide audit of AI data center projects and halts new grid connection approvals; ERCOT interconnection queue contains 474 GW of pending capacity
Major regulatory brake on US AI data center expansion in largest power grid region; will materially slow infrastructure buildout across multiple operators and delay capacity deployment