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Texas Halts Data-Center Power on 474 GW ‘Ghost Demand’

September 12, 2026September 1, 2026 by Bruno
Texas Halts Data-Center Power on 474 GW ‘Ghost Demand’

Texas paused new data-center hookups after interconnection requests hit 474 GW — nearly 10x the state’s 2023 total — forcing a reckoning with ‘ghost demand.’

Categories Artificial Intelligence Tags AI infrastructure, data center power, ercot, hyperscaler capex, stock market, utilities stocks

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