{"id":369183,"date":"2025-03-09T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=369183"},"modified":"2025-03-13T19:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:44:45","slug":"the-ai-age-begins-texas-ercot-slammed-with-99gw-of-new-energy-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=369183","title":{"rendered":"The AI Age Begins: Texas ERCOT Slammed with 99GW of New Energy Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First published JoNova<\/a>; I wonder how many fossil fuel plants and nuclear reactors are required to service 99GW of new energy demand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Texas Needs Equivalent of 30 Reactors to Meet Data Center Power Demand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand on the Texas power grid is expected to expand so immensely that it would take the equivalent of adding 30 nuclear plants\u2019 worth of electricity by 2030 to meet the needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author of the article:
Bloomberg News
Naureen S. Malik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The data centers \u201cpresent a reliability risk to the Ercot system,\u201d said Springer, who spoke on a panel at Infocast\u2019s ERCOT Market Summit in Austin this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never existed in a place where large industrial loads can really impact the reliability of the grid, and now we are stepping into that world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risk of Grid Stress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ercot said it\u2019s gotten requests equal to 99 gigawatts for new connections to the grid from big power users, including data centers, bitcoin miners and hydrogen producers, according to an internal grid presentation Thursday. That\u2019s up from 40.8 gigawatts last March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/financialpost.com\/pmn\/business-pmn\/texas-needs-equivalent-of-30-reactors-to-meet-data-center-power-demand<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not just Texas. Across the world, new nuclear and fossil fuel capacity is being frantically constructed, by companies and governments who are frightened of falling behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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