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America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.

On 22 July 2026, the Texas grid set an all-time record. Demand reached about 91 gigawatts on a punishing summer evening and the system met it, roughly half from natural gas and a third from solar. Nothing broke. Yet much of the discussion around artificial intelligence and electricity suggests a lo…

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  1. 2026-10-02 10:26 · The Next Web
    America isn’t short of electricity. It’s short of places to plug in fast enough.

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