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Analysis-Texas' Halt on Powering Data Centers Reflects US Reckoning over 'Ghost' Demand

Sept 1 (Reuters) – Data centers have requested roughly as much electricity across the middle swath of the United States as it takes to power every home in the country, but much of that demand may be an illusion. In an attempt to find out what is real, Texas recently became... The post Analysis-Texas' halt on powering data centers reflects US reckoning over 'ghost' demand appeared first on Blue Water Healthy Living.
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Texas paused new power connections for data centers and opened an audit on projects that could artificially inflate demand. The bill reflects a national debate: how to build the network needed for artificial intelligence without transferring to consumers the cost of facilities that may never come into operation. *** Requests from large electrical users exceed 700 gigawatts in several regions of the U.S., more than 10 times the current estimated …

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