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Texas halts data-center power linked to disputed ‘ghost’ demand

Texas became the first major power market to halt powering some data centers amid concerns that part of reported electricity demand may be illusory, according to TradingView News.

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By Laila KearneyData centers have requested roughly as much electricity across the middle swath of the United States as it takes to power every home in the country, but much of that demand may be an illusion.In an attempt to find out what is real, Texas recently became the first major data center h…