ERCOT data obtained by the Houston Chronicle reveals the Texas counties where five or more large data centers are seeking to ...
ERCOT, which operates the state's primary power grid, is forecasting that power demand on its system will reach a record 92 gigawatts this summer.
Data centers are popping up around Texas like fire ant hills after a rainstorm. Or maybe like bluebonnets in the spring. Either way, they seem to be everywhere — and more are coming. Their arrival ...
When forecasts began for the major winter storm hitting Texas, one of the first concerns for many in the state was the power grid. It has been just five years since the grid saw widespread failures ...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, issued a Weather Watch from Jan. 24-27 due to forecasted below-freezing temperatures for North and Central Texas, with the possibility of frozen ...
The Texas power grid system, which failed during a winter storm five years ago, could be put to the test this weekend as the region faces subfreezing temperatures and dangerous wind chills. But Texas ...
Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. A decade ago, wind power was surging in popularity and attracting huge investments that made Texas a national leader ...
As Maine and other states consider bans and moratoriums on large data centers, Texas is moving in the opposite direction.
Three weeks shy of five years since a winter storm overwhelmed Texas’ power grid and left millions freezing in the dark, grocery store shelves across the state were barren, schools and businesses ...