Texas loses data center developers amid power grid strain

Data centers and industrial manufacturers are shifting away from Texas due to grid reliability concerns and rising power costs, even as the state had courted such projects with economic incentives.

First covered Oct 30, 2026 · 12:11 PM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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11d Inside Climate News Texas Used to Be ‘the Best Place’ to Build Data Centers—But Not Anymore — When BaRupOn LLC, a California-based developer, bought land in East Texas for a 700-acre industrial campus in 2023, the company received a warm welcome from…

Primary sources

gov.texas.gov East Texas Data Center Withdraws After Falling Short Of Governor Abbotts Standards (gov.texas.gov)

More coverage from around the web

texastribune.org A data center boom is coming to Texas. See where they’re going.

hardware.slashdot.org Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand - Slashdot

naturalgasintel.com Data Center Backlash Widens as Texas Freezes 474 GW Grid Queue

fox7austin.com Texas halts power grid connections for new data centers over energy, water supply concerns

utilitydive.com Facing an estimated 474 GW of interconnection requests, Texas hits pause on data centers

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