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Greg Abbott: “The state power grid, known as ERCOT, they were receiving…”

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Governor Abbott on AI Data Centers and Islamic Washing Stations in Texas Airports

Published | Video Starts at 01:39

And those guidelines and guardrails have now been fully applied to all data centers across the state of Texas. Then, in addition to that, one of the triggers for putting the pause in place, and that is that The state power grid, known as ERCOT, they were receiving requests for five times more power than the state power grid was able to deliver. If the state power grid were to accept all of those applications, obviously it would compromise our ability to maintain a stable and reliable grid, hence the need for investigation. (01:39–01:51)

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Asserts that ERCOT received power requests exceeding its delivery capacity by five times.

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