Texas has 474GW of data centre requests and no idea how many are real
THE SO WHAT
A 474 GW queue—up from 48 GW in 2023—tells you grid planners are flying blind on AI data center demand, with "ghost" projects clogging the pipe. If you’re a real builder, get your projects de-risked and differentiated on credibility now, because regulators are going to start triaging and tightening queue rules.
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