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Texas moves to limit data‑center impact on electric bills

Name: Texas moves to limit data‑center impact on electric bills
Uploaded: 2026-07-24T19:55:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 54 s
Description: Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas regulators are adopting rules to keep large data centers from straining the ERCOT grid and to ensure their costs aren’t passed on to residents.

Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas regulators are adopting rules to keep large data centers from straining the ERCOT grid and to ensure their costs aren’t passed on to residents.