From hundreds of miles above Texas, satellites are now tracing the thermal footprint of America’s largest cryptocurrency mine ...

Another winter event similar to Storm Uri is unlikely. But as data centers leach the power supply, Texas will need a Plan B, ...

Even with less available electric power capacity during cold weather in Texas, battery storage systems are reducing the risk ...

Texans are paying more to keep the lights on and the air conditioners humming, and new research points to a clear culprit: a ...

Texas has witnessed the country’s most dynamic grid battery expansion in recent years, thanks in large part to its famously ...

Is Texas' crypto industry draining the grid? Recent findings show Texas crypto mining operations consumed more electricity last year than all residential utility customers in two major Texas cities. A ...

A $9.4 billion network of long-distance power lines will be built across the eastern swath of Texas to create a new “superhighway” for the state’s power grid, after state officials voted unanimously ...

The amount of ERCOT‘s large load interconnection requests ballooned to more than 230 gigawatts this year, a massive increase from the 63 gigawatts reported in December 2024. The agency, which operates ...

Texas added nearly 10 gigawatts of solar and battery storage over the last eight months, according to new data presented Tuesday to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Board of ...

The proposed location for the Ochoa Energy battery plant off Highway 90 and Cane Island Parkway in Katy. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved ...

HOUSTON — A new industry report warns that Texas' rapidly expanding data center industry could put additional pressure on the state's power grid this winter. But experts say ERCOT is still in a ...