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◆ Signal · Strong · Energy · 13 September 2026

Texas has 470 GW of data-centre power requests and under 4 GW actually drawing power.

ERCOT's large-load queue is roughly five times the size of the grid it wants to join; only about 9 GW is approved to energise. Interconnection, not chips, is the constraint.

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