The Texas power grid survived last week’s freeze but, with a rise in data centers, there are worries that — next time — we won’t be so lucky. Experts are downplaying the concerns.
Professor Joshua Rhodes at UT Austin says the developers are building their own generators. But, he says the operators of the power grid will still have handle demand from a growth in population. The latest census numbers show that around one-thousand people are moving to Texas each day.