Question: Can Texas' existing power grid handle the addition of a new Samsung wafer fab and the huge new Tesla facility?
No. The Texas power grid, that experienced an outage last, 2021, winter (similar to a power grid failure during the winter of 2011), can't handle it without adding significant capacity and resiliency.
The proposed Bitcoin (kleptocurrency) mining facilities will also consume enormous amounts of electricity.
Samsung's new wafer fab, in Taylor, and the new, enormous, Tesla facility, in south east Austin, will also put a substantial strain on existing transportation (roads, bridges, airports, rail, etc...), telecommunications (phone and Internet), education, etc... infrastructure.
These new businesses could be very good for Texas (with the exception of kleptocurrency mining) but not while Gov. Death and the Qpublicans seriously undervalue, and yet overestimate, the physical plant and services the state needs to provide for successful implementation.
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