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Texas grid operator; 438 GW data-centre queue as Batch Zero interconnection studies get underway.
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#13 20 Aug
“will seek exception from”
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash · source event
#13 3 Aug
#13 2 Aug
Received Abbott's directive to audit data-centre projects
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Abbott orders a full data centre audit#13 2 Aug
Suspended its Batch Zero classification and will seek a PUCT good-cause exception
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: ERCOT freezes its 205 GW sorting job#31 30 Jul
Mentioned in: German gas plants back in profit
European Energy Markets#12 24 Jul
Closed Batch Zero interconnection submissions
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: ERCOT closes its Batch Zero queue window#11 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Alphabet lifts 2026 capex to $205bn
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#10 19 Jul
Referenced RTO context (not one of the six named RTOs)
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Mentioned in: FERC sets a 20 July adequacy deadline#8 18 Jun
Reported 438 GW large-load queue, roughly 90% data centres, as Batch Zero process was approved
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Texas queue swells to 438 GW#6 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Oregon bills data centres, not homes
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 28 May
Mentioned in: Texas developer sues county over pause
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#6 27 May
Mentioned in: Denmark halts its clean wind-grid queue
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 19 May
Mentioned in: PJM warns 13 governors on grid costs
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 18 May
DOE lets PJM switch off data centres
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 18 May
added approximately 26 GW of summer generating capacity since 2025
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: 75 GW added, PJM still hit an emergency#3 18 May
Mentioned in: PJM faces Monday FERC tariff deadline
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#8 11 May
Transformer waits stretch to four years
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#2 6 May
Mentioned in: Where the next data centres should go
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#2 16 Apr
Mentioned in: FERC commits to June 2026 grid-load order
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 9 Apr
Presented large-load queue data of 410 GW to Texas legislative committees
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Texas grid queue hits 410 GW#2 1 Apr
Disclosed 225+ GW large-load queue including 70%+ from data centres
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: ERCOT large-load queue passes 225 GW#1 1 Apr
Stargate US: $500B headline, 1.2 GW operational
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 1 Mar
xAI wins 41 gas turbines for Colossus
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 1 Dec