Texas is facing massive demand on its grid - about 439 GW of new capacity requested to connect, roughly five times the state’s all-time peak, and nearly 89% of that is data centers. On June 10, 2026, Governor Abbott ordered the PUC and ERCOT to require data centers to pay for their own power infrastructure so costs don’t fall on everyday ratepayers.

The episode explains who feels this first - CPA firms, engineering shops, oil-and-gas operators - and outlines practical steps to protect your business: move critical systems to well-run cloud services, keep and test off-site backups, add failover internet and battery protection, retire aging servers, and write and assign a recovery plan.

Small and mid-sized Houston businesses are vulnerable but can turn resilience into an advantage. For more details and a free security assessment, visit cinchops.com or call 281-269-6506.

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Managed IT Houston: What the Data Center Power Squeeze Means

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