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Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders ERCOT and PUCT to halt new data center grid connection approvals pending a comprehensive statewide audit of grid capacity and reliability, affecting 474GW+ in interconnection queue

Major regulatory constraint on AI infrastructure expansion in the U.S.'s largest AI datacenter hub; could delay or deny hundreds of gigawatts of planned capacity
NewswireSlicast · August 5, 2026 · US · Source: Google News
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders ERCOT and PUCT to halt new data center grid connection approvals pending a comprehensive statewide audit of grid capacity and reliability, affecting 474GW+ in interconnection queue

Major regulatory constraint on AI infrastructure expansion in the U.S.'s largest AI datacenter hub; could delay or deny hundreds of gigawatts of planned capacity

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