05
Aug
The Real Cost of Texas's Data Center Gold Rush Texas ordered an audit of its data center pipeline after discovering over 400 gigawatts of pending power demand, and the state's sudden panic tells us something uncomfortable: America's AI infrastructure boom was always going to hit a wall, and it's going to hit it first in the places that bid the hardest. The playbook is predictable by now. A state offers tax breaks and deregulation. Tech companies show up with big checks. Local politicians declare victory. Then, somewhere between the ribbon cutting and the first load spike, the grid starts sweating.…