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Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are 5 times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (www.texastribune.org)
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[–] printerhell@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

My understanding is that this is just a political stunt and that data centers can easily meet the audit requirements. Time will tell though.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

100% the grid can handle it if you shed the poorest of your population from the grid. And where do you think any new infrastructure will be going in Texas. Around the neighborhoods that need it or around data centers?