Are data centers a threat to the reliability of Texas' power grid?
DALLAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued an advisory for "extreme cold weather" ahead of the expected winter storm in Texas this weekend. While ERCOT officials have said ...
Before a recent winter storm swept through Houston in January, Jesus Contreras made sure he and his wife were prepared for “the absolute worst.” They didn’t want to be caught off guard as the whole ...
Three weeks shy of five years since a winter storm overwhelmed Texas’ power grid and left millions freezing in the dark, Texans experienced another weekend of barren grocery shelves, closed schools ...
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Data centers could strain Texas' grid and raise power bills. Here's a fix for both problems.
Data centers are demanding more electricity than ever before to train the latest artificial intelligence models. Texas policymakers have responded mostly by racing to expand the state's power grid to ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a Jan. 22 news conference on an upcoming winter storm. The news conference was held at the State Operations Center in Austin. Eleanor Dearman North Texas could see ...
Tens of thousands of Texans lost power during the ice storm of 2023, when power lines were weighed down by ice and toppled by fallen trees. So this week’s icy forecast is again defrosting fears of ...
New electricity demand in this country is unlike anything we've seen in decades. Our colleagues at the Indicator from NPR's Planet Money, Cooper Katz McKim and Darian Woods, went to Texas to see if ...
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