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Shaolei Ren is a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin who has published studies on the energy consumption and environmental impacts of data centers in Texas.
March 4, 2026
Behind the Pledge: 40 GW, No Rules, and Texas Ready to Win Either WayCompanies are shifting to closed-loop, water-free cooling, but UC Riverside researcher Shaolei Ren found the energy penalty is brutal: water-free systems roughly **double energy intensity**.
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