The Load Zone

The weekly Texas AI data center news wire.

THE LOAD ZONE
No. 10 · August 14, 2026

Where the power already is

Riot contracts 191 MW at Rockdale and Fermi signs TensorWave at Project Matador, while the federal energy agency cuts its 2027 Texas load-growth forecast from 14% to 6% and blames the state's data center pause.

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