Natalie Weber
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ERCOT released the questions included in its community impact survey on Friday. It's also working to verify that large data centers looking to connect to the grid are ready to build. -
A Texas Republican's complaint that too many people of color were in a video of the crowd at a University of Texas football game set off condemnations.
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The Texas General Land Office (GLO) leases state land for oil and gas development, farming, solar and wind farms and other commercial uses, allocating the money to fund state schools. -
About 300 large data centers could face delays. But many other projects aren't covered by the governor's directive. -
The state agency said it could collect information from more than 400 large and medium-sized energy consumers. -
Venezuela's oil minister and a top state-owned oil company executive visited Houston this week, signing some of their first contracts with U.S. companies since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.
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OpenAI, Meta, Google and Amazon have all pledged to address concerns about their energy and water usage. -
Texas is on track to become the country's largest data center market. But the governor has effectively issued a pause on new centers until the state can audit their energy and water usage.
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Critics say the governor must call legislators to Austin to pass state laws regulating data centers. -
New data centers won’t be able to join the Texas power grid until state regulators complete a review of their energy and water usage, under a new directive from the governor.
