Bloomberg NEF: Texas Grid Pause Puts 20 Percent of US Data Center Pipeline at Risk

While data centers boom in Texas, their plans stay shrouded in secrecy

Last year, Mason McCallister saw survey markers on a property near his home in a rural community about an hour north of Dallas. He suspected it might be for a new data center he'd heard about from ...

Texas 'AI Epicentre' Pauses Data Center Connections as ERCOT Queue Tops 1,800 Projects and 474GW

Texas has frozen all new power grid connections for data centres after applications to join the state's network topped 1,800 projects and 474 gigawatts, with Governor Greg Abbott ordering an immediate halt and a full audit of the boom. The directive, issued on Monday, instructs regulators to assess the strain from the state's fast‑growing artificial intelligence sector on electricity and water supplies before any further large facilities are plu…

Trump says Texas being against data centers is a mistake: 'Data centers could be bigger than oil'

In the same week that Gov. Greg Abbott called for state regulators to conduct a sweeping audit of data centers wanting to connect to Texas' power grid — effectively putting those projects on hold — Trump called Texas' opposition to…

Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk

Governor initiated a pause in interconnections earlier this month

Texas Governor Halts Data Center Grid Connections Pending Audit

August 13, 2026 – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered the state’s electric grid regulators to conduct a sweeping audit of every data center project seeking to connect to the Texas grid.The governor’s order halts new interconnections until the review is complete and raises uncertainty for a wave of artificial intelligence driven data center construction already underway in the state. More than 1,800 projects are currently seeking grid connecti…

The Data Center Chessboard Has No Pause Button

The whole country ostensibly wants America to win the artificial intelligence (AI) race. A striking number, however, would prefer someone else’s town to host the data centers, power plants, transmission lines, and cooling systems required to run it. Adam Smith knew the type. In “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” he warned against the “man of system,” who imagines society as a chessboard and believes he can move human beings as easily as pieces. T…