America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.
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The Texas grid hitting ~91 GW without breaking shows generation isn’t the bottleneck—interconnection and permitting are. If you’re planning AI or EV-heavy builds, your real lead time is now grid hookup, not hardware delivery; start those conversations years, not quarters, ahead.
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