Friday, August 21, 2026

Mideast Oil And Texas Data Centers -- August 21, 2026

Locator: 51514ARCHIVES.  

Trending: link here. This reminds me a lot of the Berlin Airlift. A lot of US journalists appear not to know of or remember the Cold War.

Oil, Mideast:


 

Just after the mid-terms:

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Extreme Heat In Texas....

... and ERCOT is handling it just fine. Thank you.

I've not read one headline story this summer of any brownouts, rolling blackouts, or unexpected blackouts due to electric grid issues due to the extreme heat here in Texas. Right now, it is as bad as it's been all summer and look at the excess capacity ERCOT has. AI power (electricity) is not going to be an issue.