Public Utility Commission of Texas
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- 2026-07-27 regulatory Texas regulators are implementing new rules to make AI data centers pay more for their impact on the electricity grid. source
- 2026-07-06 regulatory Texas regulators approved a $13.8 billion plan to build a 765 kV transmission network to support future AI infrastructure demand. source
- 2026-06-24 regulatory The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved ERCOT's 'Batch Zero' framework to manage large data center power demands. source
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Galaxy Digital plans 500-acre Texas AI campus, funding grid upgrades
Galaxy Digital is developing a 500-acre AI and high-performance computing campus in McGregor, Texas, with an initial phase of 74 MW. This project, known as "Project Merlin," highlights a new model where AI data center d…
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Texas mandates AI data centers fund their grid expansion costs
Texas is implementing new regulations to ensure that AI data centers bear a greater share of the costs associated with their significant electricity demands. Governor Greg Abbott has directed regulators to protect resid…
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SpaceXAI data center project faces scrutiny over environmental and community impact
SpaceXAI's proposed data center in Bastrop County, Texas, has raised concerns regarding its potential impact on local Black communities and the environment. An analysis suggests the project may violate environmental reg…
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Texas approves $13.8B plan for AI-era 765 kV transmission backbone
Texas regulators have approved a $13.8 billion plan to build the state's first 765-kilovolt transmission network. This initiative, driven by anticipated exponential growth in demand from data centers and AI infrastructu…
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Texas weighs new rules for AI data centers co-located with power plants
Texas regulators are evaluating new rules for AI data centers that are co-located with existing power plants, specifically focusing on a proposal by Crusoe and Ensign Infrastructure. The core of the dispute involves how…
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Texas streamlines data center power approvals with new 'Batch Zero' framework
Texas has approved the 'Batch Zero' framework, a new system-wide process designed to streamline the evaluation of large data center power demands. This initiative by ERCOT aims to manage the overwhelming surge of reques…
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Texas grid operator questions AI data center power demand forecasts
Texas's grid operator, ERCOT, has cautioned that its massive power demand forecasts, which anticipate a surge driven by AI data centers, may be overstated. While developers are actively pursuing projects in Texas due to…
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New MCTS policies improve Monte Carlo Tree Search with variance awareness
Researchers have developed a new methodology called Inverse-RPO to systematically derive prior-based tree policies for Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS). This approach builds upon framing MCTS as a regularized policy optim…