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Why the Data Center Fight Has Little to Do With AI

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

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Grid Capacity And Speculation Are Straining Approvals

  • Texas and New York moved to audit or pause data center approvals as connection requests surged: ERCOT had 474 GW of new requests, 90% from data centers, far exceeding grid capacity.
  • Multiple speculative applications and land flipping inflated the backlog, creating a regulatory bottleneck.
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