The state of Texas is rolling out tougher requirements for data centers looking to tap into its power grid, as the volume of connection requests has reached overwhelming levels.
State officials say the surge of applications has made it difficult to determine which projects represent genuine business plans and which ones are simply speculative ventures with little chance of actually being built.
The new, stricter standards are designed to help sort through the flood of requests and ensure that grid resources are being allocated to data centers that are seriously committed to operating in Texas.
