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4 August 2026
The strain between AI's computational hunger and physical infrastructure finally surfaced today as Texas pumped the brakes on data center expansion—and it's the first real test of whether AI's infrastructure can keep pace with its ambitions. Governor Greg Abbott announced mandatory audits for all new data center projects, citing ERCOT's interconnection queue ballooning to 474 gigawatts of pending projects (more than 90 percent data centers), more than five times the grid's peak demand and double the 233 gigawatts queued just seven months ago. The move could chill Texas's role as the nation's preferred hub for AI compute, though it also signals something more systemic: the conversation around AI is shifting from capability to constraint.
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