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When AI Flips the Switch on Texas

ERCOT’s latest risk models show power no longer follows weather or gas. It follows GPUs. Until the grid starts pushing back.

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Dave Friedman
Jun 29, 2025
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Welcome to the latest edition of Buy the Rumor; Sell the News. In today’s post, I take a look at how Texas’ electrical grid operator, ERCOT, manages expected demand loads, and how AI data centers affect those forecasts.

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