Latest News — 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.

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

The Fort Worth City Council will hear a briefing from city staff on Tuesday about data centers that could result in changes to how the city approves the projects.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — 6/01/26

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

Over the past decade, the ability of artificial intelligence to speed up complex processes has made it a key tool in engineering research. Many people...

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

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

Black Mountain, a Fort Worth-based energy consortium developing a $10 billion data center in Fort Worth, is considering Parker County for a data...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram — 5/20/26

A Canadian electronics company plans to invest at least $876 million into a Fort Worth manufacturing site that could create nearly 2,000 jobs.

The Dallas Morning News — 5/14/26

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Business Insider — 4/24/26

"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

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

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

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

Trump has routinely tried to stamp out state-level AI policies, and he issued an executive order that included legal threats and funding penalties to deter new...

KVUE — 4/20/26

Texas' grid operator raised eyebrows this week when it reported that peak demand on the grid could more than quadruple by 2032.

KSAT — 4/17/26