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Texas · Construction & power moves · 40
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across Texas — each traced to primary filings.
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ERCOT Welcomes the City of Caldwell to the ERCOT System
Source: ERCOT · Mar 12, 2026ERCOT reported on Mar. 12, 2026 that “the City of Caldwell’s municipal utility has joined the ERCOT System,” and that the city “has completed its transition into the ERCOT grid following the approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on April 24, 2025.” ERCOT also said the “Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Transmission Services Corporation is responsible for the transmission system that connects Caldwell to the ERCOT grid.”
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ERCOT Expects Tight Grid Conditions, Requests Conservation Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CT
Source: ERCOT · Aug 30, 2023ERCOT said it was asking Texans to conserve electricity from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CT because “operating reserves for ERCOT are expected to be low this evening” due to “a high level of unexpected thermal generation outages and forecasted low wind generation” (ERCOT, Aug. 30, 2023). ERCOT also said it “has obtained Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) enforcement discretion,” allowing generators to extend operations to help meet demand and maintain reliability.
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Resource Adequacy 2022
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2022 Resource Adequacy page points readers to the “Monthly Generator Interconnection Status Report” for “the latest public interconnection information on planned generation resources in the ERCOT Region,” and says the GIS report covers “planned projects being studied as part of the interconnection request process” (ERCOT). The page also hosts broader resource-adequacy materials such as SARA and CDR reports, but it does not itself give project-level queue counts or outcomes.
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Resource Adequacy 2021
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2021 Resource Adequacy page in Texas points readers to its monthly generator interconnection information for “planned generation resources in the ERCOT Region” and notes that its capacity charts include “planned projects being studied as part of the interconnection request process.” The same page also flags drought monitoring for generation resources, saying ERCOT screens for “potential drought-related impacts to generation resources” over the next 6 to 18 months.
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Resource Adequacy 2020
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2020 Resource Adequacy page says its resource adequacy materials include interconnection-status information and that its capacity charts now show project capacity ERCOT has approved for grid synchronization, with operational reports also including capacity approved for grid synchronization but not commercial operations. ERCOT also notes the page contains EORM materials authorized by the Public Utility Commission of Texas as part of Project Number 42302, “Review of the Reliability Standard in the ERCOT Region.”
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Recent Texas data center news
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Texas Pushes AI Data Centers to Pay Their Own Grid Costs
Texas regulators and Gov. Greg Abbott have announced new and pending rules to shift more grid connection and transmission costs to large data center and computational load developers.
- Abbott’s June 10 directive ordered the PUCT to reduce residential transmission costs, require data centers to pay their share of electric infrastructure costs, and identify further actions to protect Texans from AI-driven load growth.
- The PUCT outlined completed rulemakings and pending reforms covering interconnection standards, transmission cost allocation, load forecasting, reliability programs, and large-load planning; a pending rulemaking would require financial security, operational disclosures, and direct interconnection costs, with completion expected by December.
- ERCOT’s Batch Zero process will evaluate proposed loads of at least 75 MW together and is expected to become part of permanent planning in 2027; Abbott also said he will seek legislation on water-efficient cooling, annual electricity and water reporting, and limits on incentives and community impacts.
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Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 6: From Free Trade Agreements to Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements
ITIF has published a policy report proposing Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements (STEAs) as a new framework for U.S.-led trade deals aimed at strengthening allied industries and constraining China.
- The report argues that the free trade era is over and calls for binding, reciprocal agreements with allies that include zero-for-zero tariffs, digital trade rules, defense production cooperation, investment screening, export-control alignment, and counter-IP theft measures.
- It also cites several recent or existing policy precedents and announcements, including USTR’s March 2026 Section 301 investigations, the U.S.-U.K. critical minerals MOU, and the Pax Silica initiative; the report itself is an original ITIF publication, not a news report of a single transaction.
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Virginia Study on Groundwater and Data Centers Calls for Tighter Water Regulations
Virginia has released a long-delayed groundwater study examining eastern-region aquifer supply and the possible impact of data centers, and the report urges stricter groundwater regulations.
- The report says regulators should have more authority to reject industrial water withdrawal permits, require applicants to examine surface water or water reuse, and strengthen planning and staffing/equipment funding for water management.
- It finds groundwater in Virginia’s eastern coastal plain is constrained, with declining availability likely, and says a data center using evaporative cooling would probably not find a reliable groundwater supply anywhere in the region.
- The report was provided to AP by Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office after more than six months of withholding; AP says the report had been due in January and was released in July 2026.
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The Gigawatt Buildout Faces the Execution Test
The article is an analysis and commentary piece about the data center and AI infrastructure market, highlighting several recent announcements and deals rather than a single new announcement by one entity.
- Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion, while OpenAI said it is developing Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia with 3.2 GW of power to be delivered from 2028 through 2032.
- The piece also cites the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers by BlackRock, MGX and GIP, Hut 8‘s 15-year, 352 MW lease in Texas, and several financing and permitting pressures, including a possible $7 billion collateral requirement for Oracle in Wisconsin and $12 billion of financing for Meta’s Texas project.
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Democrats Seize on AI Data Center Backlash That's Dividing Rural Republicans
The article is commentary on how data centers may become a political issue in the 2026 Texas governor race.
- Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, is said to be campaigning amid growing concern over data centers and their impact on rural life, ranchland, and water supplies.
- The piece frames this as a possible defining issue in the November 2026 contest against Greg Abbott; it also includes promotional references to Broadband Breakfast events on October 1, 2026 and December 1, 2026.
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White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections
The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.
- The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
- The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
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Tesla’s energy division gross margin declines 19% despite battery storage deployment rebound
Tesla has reported its Q2 2026 financial results and said energy storage deployments rebounded, while also linking future demand to data centre growth and electrification.
- Energy storage deployments reached 13.5GWh in Q2 2026, up from 8.8GWh in Q1 2026; energy generation and storage revenue was US$3.14 billion.
- CFO Vaibhav Taneja said energy gross margin fell from 39.5% to 20.4% due to a US$240 million warranty true-up, the absence of US$200 million in tariff benefits seen in Q1, and lower ASPs amid competition.
- CEO Elon Musk said production of Megapack 3 will begin soon at Tesla’s new Texas Megafactory, and that SpaceX has bought “many Megapacks for the data centres.”
- Tesla said its 7GWh LFP production capacity at the Nevada Gigafactory remains in early ramp, and the company disclosed a US$4.3 billion LFP supply agreement with LG Energy Solution for US-made cells.
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Q2 2026 earnings call: Remarks from our CEO
Alphabet has reported strong AI-driven growth across Search, YouTube, and Cloud, while also highlighting new model launches, platform adoption, and infrastructure advances.
- Alphabet revenue grew 24% year-over-year; Search and Other revenue grew 17%, YouTube Ads grew 13%, and Cloud revenue grew 82%.
- The company said Cloud backlog reached $514 billion, Gemini app has 950 million monthly active users, and more than 9 million developers build each month with its models.
- Alphabet also said it launched Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, while starting pre-training for Gemini 4; Isomorphic Labs raised over $2 billion.
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Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas
Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.
- 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
- The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
- No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
- The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.
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Kevin Ooley Named to Observer’s A.I. Power Index
DataBank announced that CFO Kevin Ooley has been named to Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index.
- Kevin Ooley, DataBank Chief Financial Officer, was named to Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index on July 21, 2026.
- DataBank said its development credit facility was expanded from $725 million to $1.6 billion, supporting an expansion pipeline of nearly 20 projects and capacity growth from 60 MW to 107 MW across priority U.S. markets.
- The article is a company press release and frames Ooley as a capital allocator influencing AI infrastructure funding; it includes a link to the 2026 A.I. Power Index and a short quote from Ooley.