AI Industrial Flywheel (⚙️🤖🔥)AI Loads Fail the Texas Grid’s Ride-Through Test
Reuters reported on June 5, 2026 that several large data centers and crypto facilities seeking to connect to the Texas grid failed key voltage reliability tests. ERCOT’s May 21 assessment found eight planned large loads totaling about 3.9 GW, modeled within roughly 20 GW of large-load representation, and identified four trip groups that could exceed the 3,2…