July 9, 2026
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89% of New Power Requests Are Datacenters. Abbott Wants Guardrails.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, located in California, conducts research relevant to Texas datacenter infrastructure through its studies on energy efficiency, cooling systems, and power management technologies applicable to large-scale computing facilities.
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July 2, 2026
FERC Orders Six Grid Operators to Defend the Rules or Rewrite ThemLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory counts more than 2,060 GW of generation and storage seeking grid connection nationwide, double the country's entire installed capacity.
June 27, 2026
Anchors Are Building Their Own Power to Skip the Texas QueueLawrence Berkeley pegs 2023 U.S. data-center use at 228 billion gallons, mostly tied to electricity generation.
June 2, 2026
Ride-Through Becomes the New Phase I Discipline for Texas SitesLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory pegs 2023 direct U.S. data center water use at 17 billion gallons, with indirect consumption from generation cooling at 211 billion, a 12x multiplier that could double to quadruple by 2028.
April 29, 2026
2,600 GW Stuck in Queue. The Winners Build Their Own Power.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tracked nearly 2,600 GW of generation and storage seeking interconnection in 2023, more than twice the existing US fleet, while interconnection timelines stretch 36 to 48 months.
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