Texas Freezes Data Center Grid Connections Over Uncertain AI Power Demand
VraserX · x · 2026-09-02
Texas has started freezing new data center grid connections because regulators cannot verify how much of the supposed massive AI power demand is real. This is cited as one of the funniest bubble signals yet: we now have speculative electricity demand.
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