Power, Grid & Data Centers

Oncor is assessing Texas’s data-center interconnection freeze against a large-load pipeline approaching 300 gigawatts.

· ComputeLabs Research · from the August 7, 2026 edition

Oncor is evaluating the effect of Texas’s pause on new data-center interconnection approvals on a large-load pipeline approaching 300 gigawatts. The pipeline is a queue or prospective load total, not an amount of operating or committed data-center capacity.

Executives at Oncor parent Sempra said they supported the governor’s pause. They cited the need for durable long-term outcomes amid growing public opposition to data-center development.

A related report said Constellation Energy expected Texas’s “Batch Zero” large-load interconnection process to resume without meaningful delay. That statement was Constellation management’s expectation and does not establish that approvals had already resumed.

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