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State-level action on data centers
Directives, executive orders, bills, and regulatory rulings from Texas’s statewide officials and agencies — the Governor, the Legislature, the PUC, ERCOT, and others — on data centers, large-load power, battery storage, and crypto mining. Distinct from the 254-county tracker. Updated by the same weekly news sweep.
ERCOT pauses Batch Zero interconnection study to verify data center projects
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ERCOT paused its Batch Zero classification and study activity for large computational loads and said it will not authorize data centers or crypto-mining facilities to energize until a verification and audit required by the Governor's directive is complete.
Texas Large Load Interconnection Update: ERCOT Batch Zero Pause and Verification Process ↗ERCOT to audit up to 300 data center and large-load projects under Abbott order
ERCOT and Public Utility Commission of Texas
ERCOT and PUC officials told the commission that the audit ordered by Gov. Abbott will cover roughly 250 to 300 projects, mostly data centers, representing about 200 gigawatts of future demand.
Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott's order ↗ERCOT postpones Batch Zero transmission planning study following Abbott directive
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Following Governor Abbott's audit directive, ERCOT said it is reviewing the order and will postpone the batch zero transmission planning study currently underway for data center interconnections.
Texas Pauses Data Center Interconnections Pending Statewide Audit ↗