Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand
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美国得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特宣布暂停所有数据中心接入州电网的新申请，直至开发商提供项目对电网及社区潜在影响的更多信息。此举距其宣称得州为“AI发展中心”不到一年。州长指示得州公用事业委员会及电网运营商ERCOT对互联流程中的数据中心进行全面核查与审计。得州凭借廉价土地、能源资源及税收优惠等激励措施，积极吸引数据中心开发，有望超越弗吉尼亚成为全美最大数据中
Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas. But less than a year after declaring Texas the “epicenter of AI development,” Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on all new power grid connections for data centers—at least until developers provide more information about their projects’ potential impacts on the grid and communities.
The Republican governor directed regulators in an August 3 announcement at the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the grid operators at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to perform a “comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process.” As an independent system operator, ERCOT oversees a power grid that operates separately from the rest of the United States and provides services to most of Texas.
Texas has aggressively courted data center development with its availability of cheap land and relatively abundant energy resources, along with offering state incentives, like tax breaks and fewer regulations. That puts the state on track to surpass Virginia in becoming the largest US data center market.
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