Texas Regulator Wants Data Centers to Build Power Plants.

Texas' top electricity regulator, Thomas Gleeson, has stated that data centers looking to build next to power plants may have to build the power plant themselves. Data centers that support artificial intelligence can consume large amounts of electricity, and allowing them to buy all the power from existing plants could strain the grid. Gleeson's agency is telling data center developers that they will need to supply their own power if they want to connect to the Texas grid within the next year to 15 months. [Extracted from the article]