Texas Gas Projects Surpass Wind as Data Center Demand Grows

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Texas gas generation projects now lead the interconnection queue, overtaking wind for the first time since 2016 due to massive data center demands requiring reliable power. While wind faces site saturation and competition from cheaper solar, gas benefits from the Texas Energy Fund's low-interest loans and the AI boom. Over the past three years, gas queue capacity surged 400% to nearly 64,000 megawatts, prompting ERCOT officials to prioritize dispatchable resources for grid stability amidst rising artificial intelligence infrastructure needs.