Texas’ primary electricity grid operator signed off on new rules for data center operators and developers that could have billions of dollars of repercussions if finalized.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is looking to establish new criteria and processes for bringing major energy demanders onto the grid as data centers and other large loads have asked for 450 gigawatts of power, more than five times the all-time high power demand ERCOT has ever recorded, E&E News By Politico reported.​