Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed.
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Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports
A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over three million people in Texas.
Rising data center electricity use risks blackouts during winter storms
Data centers are driving record electricity demand, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation is warning that a severe winter storm could push the grid over the edge.
Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere
Base Power’s Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States.
A cloud-seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
Despite conspiracy theories, there’s no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.