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PodcastOpen Circuit
Data centers have a Texas-sized energy problem
After Texas paused data centers, Jigar Shah notes that solutions from Arushi and others are on hold just as they were about to be tested.
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In brief
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced a pause on data centers to audit their effect on water supplies and the power grid, weeks after New York issued a moratorium. Open Circuit asks what the pauses mean for other states and whether they will be used to upgrade grids and deploy clean energy. Jigar Shah points out that the solutions put forward by people like Arushi are now on hold, just as they were about to be tested.
Key points
- 01Texas announced a data center pause weeks after New York’s moratorium.
- 02Solutions from Arushi and others are on hold just as they were about to be tested.
