There's also just a huge, vast amounts of water and energy and there's real concern about how ERCOT will be able to handle this. Our grid has a capacity and the amount of energy needed for these new data centers far exceeds the capacity that we currently have. Of course, some of the data centers are bringing in their own energy, building gas powered plants on site or using generators. But we don't have a handle on how much emissions they are producing. (02:33–02:44)
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