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Soluna completes 83 MW Kati 1, secures ERCOT Base Load classification
Soluna has finished building its 83 MW Kati 1 facility in Texas and secured conditional Base Load classification from ERCOT.
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Soluna has finished building its 83 MW Kati 1 facility in Texas and secured conditional Base Load classification from ERCOT.

A panel at Datacloud USA heard that an audit of interconnection requests estimates 205GW of credible data centre demand.

Record levels of renewable energy and battery storage have enabled the Texas grid operator ERCOT to avoid issuing conservation appeals during a hot 2026 summer.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has postponed issuing conditional classifications for large-load projects for a second time, citing unfinished data validation.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of over 474 gigawatts of data centre power connection requests to the ERCOT grid.