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Power Play: Vistra Powers New Era’s AI Data Center Deal

New Era Energy & Digital signed a 20-year, up-to-207-MW power deal with Vistra's Luminant to supply its Texas data center, bypassing ERCOT's lengthy interconnection queue.

MarketBeat · Sep 24

Texas Halts Permits For Data Centers As Opposition In The U.S. Mounts. Governor Abbott Says Texans Must Come First.

The Abbott administration has announced a halt to all permits being sought by data centers until an audit is completed to ensure the reliability of the state's energy grid.

International Business Times · Sep 22

Cipher Digital Just Scored a Huge AI Infrastructure Breakthrough. What It Will Take for the Stock to Reclaim $30.

Cipher Digital shares jumped after ERCOT conditionally approved 3.2 GW of data center capacity, putting its AI infrastructure pivot back in the spotlight.

Barchart · Sep 21

Texas regulators approve two massive West Texas transmission lines amid outcry from landowners

Following hours of testimony on Friday, the Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved two transmission lines to ship electricity to the oil-and gas-producing west.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 28

The Backlash Against Data Centers Is Bipartisan, Nationwide, and Wrong

From Texas to Ohio, political candidates are backing voters’ bad arguments for opposing data centers.

Reason · Aug 26

Greg Abbott turned from data center 'epicenter' booster to skeptic—and Trump is calling it an economic 'mistake'

"They got the backlash they deserve," Greg Abbott said in an interview on ABC This Week. Less than a year ago, he wanted his state to be the "epicenter."

Fortune · Aug 24

Industry warns of blackouts, economic woes if Texas overreacts to data center, transmission line anger

Energy regulators and industry experts warn that the state’s delays to major projects amid backlash from residents could create rolling blackouts and strangle growth of other industries that need power.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 24

Residents and industry leaders at odds over transmission lines at legislative hearing

The growing backlash surrounding 765 kv lines, as well as data centers, was tackled at a nine-hour House hearing that included testimony and recommendations but no definitive answers.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 20

Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 14

Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it

Without key details on the audits but the eagerness to support them, policy watchers question how impactful these audits will be in curbing data center growth.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 14