Power Grab TX

The latest news from PowerGrabTX continuously tracks new reporting, data releases, and community developments related to rapidly expanding AI Data Center demand. This section is updated every day or two as fresh information emerges—from grid forecasts and regulatory actions to local impacts, infrastructure proposals, and industry announcements. Because the landscape is shifting fast, each update reflects the latest credible sources available at the time. Always confirm details with trusted outlets, as energy and policy news can evolve quickly.

Texas Stargate AI site saw 14 emergency calls, broken legs, and water called 'a luxury'

Construction of a giant AI-focused data center campus in Abilene, Texas, is facing questions over site safety after injuries, frequent emergency responses, and claims that some basic worker protections were missing.

Yahoo News- 6/27/26

Mark Cuban gets dragged after saying people don't really hate data centers

Mark Cuban found himself at the center of a social media firestorm Thursday after dismissing growing opposition to AI data centers as little more than hostility toward artificial intelligence itself

CHRON - 6/26/26

Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here’s what you need to know

Texas is experiencing an AI-driven data center boom with at least 248 projects planned statewide. Here’s what to know about the industry’s rapid growth and the debate over its impact.

Houston Public Media- 6/26/26

Lewisville sets ‘proactive’ limits on AI data centers before they arrive

With artificial intelligence data center construction on the rise, Lewisville recently passed legislation that bans the construction of data centers in residential areas and will allow residents to publicly share their concerns about data center proposals.

KERA - 6/25/26

Most Texans oppose data centers in their communities, poll finds

As the debate over data centers in Texas continues, new polling shows that Texans aren't on board with them or their construction in their communities.

USA Today - 6/24/26

Texas leaders are asking data centers how much water they use. Most aren’t responding

Data centers need a lot of water and energy. State officials want to know how much, and they hoped a survey sent to data center companies would give them the answers.

The Texas Tribuune- 6/23/26

Powering the next wave of AI: Expanding capacity with our new datacenter in Pecos

Today, Microsoft is announcing one of the largest single capacity additions in our history. In Pecos, Texas, we will build a new datacenter campus, expanding our global datacenter capacity by approximately 2 gigawatts (GW)

Microsoft - 6/22/26

Texas questions whether AI data centers should pay for the grid they strain

Texas spent years courting AI companies, cloud providers, and Bitcoin miners with cheap electricity, abundant land, and a sales tax exemption that's grown into one of the state's costliest incentive programs.

Crypto Slate - 6/20/26

Meta signs 1.6 gigawatt AI compute deals with Crusoe Energy across Texas and Missouri

Meta has secured roughly 1.6 gigawatts of AI computing capacity through new agreements with data center developer Crusoe, according to Bloomberg reporting cited by Reuters.

Crypto Briefing - 6/19/26

Texas Tackles AI Power Demand With New Data Center Grid Rules

Texas regulators approved a new process Thursday for reviewing grid-connection requests from large power users, such as data centers, as artificial intelligence drives a surge in electricity demand.

Bloomberg Government — 6/18/26

Texas AI Data Centers Spark Resource, Housing & Political Fights

Stargate is hardly alone. Moreover, Microsoft, Vantage, and other hyperscalers have mapped gigawatt footprints across Texas. Each AI data center proposal promises jobs yet triggers local backlash before permits clear.

AICERTs — 6/17/26

Nvidia's Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — Jensen Huang's company Nvidia makes the computer chips that unleashed a revolution in artificial intelligence. Now he's wagering that an AI buildout can revive U.S. manufacturing, pushing past limits facing science and society.

AP News — 6/16/26

Nvidia's $2 billion Texas project tests its vision for AI-powered industry

Jensen Huang's company Nvidia makes the computer chips that unleashed a revolution in artificial intelligence. Now he's wagering that an AI buildout can...

Business Report — 6/16/26

Source of Pride: Natural Gas Could Solve AI Power Crunch

As Texas wrestles with the explosion of AI data centers across the state, and the added strain they're placing on the power grid, the answer may be right under our...

WOAI News Radio — 6/15/26

Data centers become flashpoint in debate over AI growth

Mounting resistance to the rapid expansion of data centers to power artificial intelligence is spreading into city halls and statehouses, posing a potential...

KTX12 ABC — 6/12/26

Aymer AI Launches Texas Powered Land Development Targeting AI Data Center Growth

Aymer AI has announced the formation of a strategic venture to develop a 90-acre site in Texas into a powered land bank designed to support the rapid expansion...

Citybiz — 6/12/26

Texas summer heat and AI Data Centers are putting new pressure on the power grid

Texas is used to crazy weather. We've got tornadoes, heat waves, even surprise snowpocalypses that make Texans wonder if we accidentally crossed into...

Mix931fm — 6/11/26

Texas grid slammed by 519 power-hungry AI data center requests in just two years

Proposed AI data centers are poised to put a new kind of pressure on Texas' power system as their electricity needs climb, The Texas Tribune reported.

Yahoo News — 6/10/26

Abbott recommends sweeping data center regulation, including eliminating sales tax exemption

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday released sweeping regulatory recommendations on data centers for the Legislature to pass in the 2027 session, as Texas grapples wit...

Texas Tribune — 6/10/26

Texas grid tests put AI data center growth on notice this summer

ERCOT says several large data center and crypto mining facilities failed voltage ride-through assessments ahead of peak summer demand. The failures show how...

Startup Fortune — 6/08/26

An unprecedented data center boom means new challenges for Texas

A Texas Tribune analysis identified at least 248 planned data center projects. Opponents fear the projects will spike Texans' electric bills and make the grid...

The Texas Tribune — 6/08/26

Most Texas companies are using AI — and some say it's decreasing their need for workers

As AI faces a burgeoning cultural backlash, survey results from the Dallas Fed offer new insight into how Texas firms are using the transformative technology...

The Dallas Morning News — 6/01/26

Texas May Have Accidentally Built the Perfect Grid for AI

Texas did not build the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones, or CREZ, for AI. But the massive transmission corridors constructed nearly two decades ago...

Data Center Knowledge — 5/27/26

Texas is best positioned for AI data center boom, study says

Texas ranks as the nation's top state for artificial intelligence data center readiness, according to a new industry benchmark, as companies race to expan...

Yahoo Finance / Austin American Statesman — 5/26

Gridlock or Growth? ERCOT Warns Texas AI Power Boom May Not Materialize

The energy regulator cautions that AI-driven load forecasts reshaping Texas grid planning may overstate proposed data center demand.

Data Center Knowledge — 5/14/26

Hut 8 Commercializes US$9.8bn Texas AI Data Centre Lease

With hyperscale demand booming, Hut 8 has launched Phase One of its 1GW Beacon Point campus and has secured a 15-year 352MW AI data centre lease in...

Data Centre Magazine — 5/7/26

Texas data center boom sparks energy, water and political tensions

As Texas experiences a rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers, a growing backlash is emerging over their impact on the state's power grid, water resources...

Rice News — 4/28/26

Core Scientific Plans 1.5-Gigawatt AI Data Center Hub at Texas Site

Core Scientific said it is converting its Pecos site in Texas into an AI data center hub and pursuing infrastructure with up to 1.5 gigawatts of capacity.

bloomingbit — 4/28/26

Why has Elon Musk Partnered with Intel on Terafab?

Elon Musk has chosen to partner with Intel to use its 14A technology at Texas Terafab, bidding to produce 1 TW/year of compute to power the AI future.

AI Magazine — 4/27/26

North Texas' Mission Critical Group Invests in WattEV to Power 'AI Factories'

As AI workloads rapidly expand, traditional power architectures are reaching their limits—creating the need for more efficient, high-density power delivery...

Dallas Innovates — 4/24/26

Applied Digital Lands $7.5 Billion Hyperscaler Tenant Lease at AI Factory Campus

The agreement represents about $7.5 billion in contracted revenue and covers 300 megawatts of capacity to support artificial intelligence and high-...

D Magazine — 4/26/26

Texas Power Grid Faces Unprecedented Demand From Data Centers

Everything is bigger in Texas — and that includes the data center demand straining its power grid.

Business Insider — 4/24/26

WHEN THE AI CLOUD COMES FOR TEXAS WATER

"What's in the water?" state Representative Erin Zwiener asked when talking to the developers of a proposed data center in her district.

Texas Observer — 4/22/26

AI data centers are the devil.

Big tech is coming for East Texas, coming to pilfer its resources and siphon off value from it

East Texas News — 4/22/26

Texas must reject Big Tech's power grab and regulate AI

As if Silicon Valley didn't have enough power over the lives of Texans, Big Tech CEOs are coming for more. In Washington, D.C. and state capitals, the fight over...

Yahoo — 4/22/26

AI is changing how Texas universities teach computer science as job market slows

Universities are incorporating artificial intelligence into education more every year, while admissions to computer science programs are down roughly 20...

The Texas Tribune — 4/21/26

South Texas Weighs AI Data Center Growth Against Agricultural Land Concerns

As AI-driven data centers expand in rural South Texas, local officials and economists debate water use, farmland impacts, and the balance between...

RFDTV — 4/21/26