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Texas Data Center Boom Raises a Billion-Dollar Question: Who Pays for the Power Grid?

Expanding data-center development is raising questions about who should pay for new transmission infrastructure across Texas.

Texas has welcomed massive investments in artificial intelligence and cloud-computing facilities. Now lawmakers and regulators are deciding whether data centers—or the public—should pay for the new transmission infrastructure they require. KATY, TX — Texas is rapidly becoming one of America’s […]