ERCOT’s 266 GW Surge, IREN’s $2.3B Raise, GPUs Eat ASICs, Whatsminer M70 Launch

This week in bitcoin mining news, ERCOT sees a 266 GW of interconnection requests in 2026, IREN closed a $2.3 billion ...
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ERCOT warns Texas grid faces elevated winter risk amid population growth and data center demand

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says the state’s power grid faces elevated risk this winter as rapid population growth and expanding electricity demand from new tech data centers put added ...
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Chinese owned land in the United States, AFIDA report part 4

Due to Sun's connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the undisclosed purchase of land near Laughlin Air Force ...

ERCOT approves $9.4B grid ‘superhighway' crossing Houston region. Here's what it means for your bill.

The transmission project is needed amid an expected boom in electricity demand from AI data centers and the oil and gas ...
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Aligning Transmission Investment with Development Realities

By leveraging environmental, land, and grid data, the framework identifies high-potential regions and critical transmission ...

Texas grid is heating up again, this time from AI, not Bitcoin miners

ERCOT’s large-load requests have soared to 226 GW, driven mostly by AI data centers. Texas regulators race to adapt as firm ...