Texas Audit Could Delay 49.8 GW of Data Center Load, Cost Projects Up to $15 Billion, BNEF Warns

BNEF forecasts 1.2 GW of total ERCOT data center capacity additions between 2Q 2026 and 1Q 2027. POWER Presents Data Center POWER eXchange 2026 The only power-first data center conference. As an extension of POWER’s exclusive and in-depth reporting on data center power—which stems from a mission to educate audiences—POWER editorially curates the Data Center POWER eXchange. Utility executives, hyperscaler procurement leads, regulators, and grid operators working through the crucial questions driving data center power’s rapid development. “The longer that audit and verification take, the greater the risk that legal changes could derail Texas’s data center boom.