Texas Halts New Data Center Connections to Its Power Grid

Texas has paused new data center connections to its power grid amid demand that regulators say has outrun what the system can absorb. The move is a reversal for a governor who spent the past two years marketing the state as the epicenter of American AI buildout. Operators with projects already in the interconnection queue are now waiting on a process with no clear restart date, and the pause is likely to push some projects to other states.