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Introduction Electricity demand in Texas is growing at rates not seen in over 70 years, and is projected to continue ...

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According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the state's power grid, the demand forecast for data centers is expected to jump to a little more than 86,000 megawatts.

ERCOT selects the least expensive resources available to power the grid. The highest-cost unit that is used sets the wholesale electricity price at any given time.

The ERCOT grid operator manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers — representing about 90% of the state’s electric load, according to its website.

Texas must build transmission largely to support oil and gas electrification and to host more power-intensive cryptocurrency mines and data centers, ERCOT says.

If you want to monitor the Texas grid in real time, you can see energy supply versus demand on the ERCOT website or download the ERCOT app. The dashboard also has a map that shows the current price ...