德州州长格雷格·阿博特周一宣布，所有新数据中心项目必须接受德州公用事业委员会和电网运营商ERCOT的审计，以应对电力需求的急剧增长[1]。这一举措旨在防止电力价格继续上升[1]。根据ERCOT的并网队列数据，约90%的新增连接请求来自数据中心[1]。
ERCOT的并网队列规模已急速膨胀[1]。截至2025年1月，该队列中有233吉瓦项目等待并网，不到6个月时间翻倍至474吉瓦[1]。这一规模已超过ERCOT总峰值需求的5倍[1]。同期，德州太阳能发电容量在2021年至2025年间增长了四倍[1]。
阿博特要求PUCT和ERCOT收集数据中心的用电用水需求、噪声防控、税收激励使用等详细信息[1]，以评估这些项目对州电力系统和资源的影响。
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday that all new data center projects must undergo audits by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and ERCOT, the state's electric grid operator.[1] The directive aims to address concerns about escalating electricity costs as data centers have become the dominant driver of new power demand in the state.
The scale of data center expansion in Texas has grown substantially. The interconnection queue managed by ERCOT contained approximately 233 gigawatts of pending projects in January 2025, a figure that more than doubled to 474 gigawatts within six months.[1] About 90 percent of the new interconnection requests originate from data centers, a concentration that exceeds five times ERCOT's total peak demand capacity.[1] Between 2021 and 2025, Texas solar generation capacity has expanded fourfold, contributing to the overall surge in power infrastructure demands.[1]
Abbott has instructed PUCT and ERCOT to collect detailed information from data center operators, including their electricity consumption and water usage requirements, noise control measures, and the tax incentives they have utilized.[1] This audit requirement represents an effort to better understand and manage the infrastructure and fiscal implications of rapid data center proliferation in the state.