Sept 1 : Data centers have requested roughly as much electricity across the middle swath of the United States as it takes to power every home in the country, but much of that demand may be an illusion.In an attempt to find out what is real, Texas recently became the first major data center hub to freeze new
Analysis:Texas' halt on powering data centers reflects US reckoning over 'ghost' demand
FILE PHOTO: The steel frame of data centers under construction during a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool/File Photo
01 Sep 2026 06:02PM (Updated: 02 Sep 2026 03:29AM)
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