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Texas Governor Abbott suspends new AI data center grid interconnections and orders comprehensive audit of state's 474-gigawatt interconnection queue.

Major US state halts AI data center expansion due to grid strain; signals policy reversal on capacity prioritization and may ripple to other power-constrained regions.
Trade pressSlicast · August 5, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
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Texas Governor Abbott suspends new AI data center grid interconnections and orders comprehensive audit of state's 474-gigawatt interconnection queue.

Major US state halts AI data center expansion due to grid strain; signals policy reversal on capacity prioritization and may ripple to other power-constrained regions.

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