Texas Scorecard by Grant Halk June 11, 2026
Secretary Chris Wright said that he is working to address electricity concerns amid AI expansion.As power-hungry data centers come to communities across the U.S., Secretary of Energy Chris Wright addressed concerns surrounding the slow growth of electricity production.
Wright, speaking at the tenth annual Global Energy Forum on Tuesday, noted that despite the increase in oil and natural gas production over the last 20 years, electricity production has barely grown.
“My focus is on fixing that problem so we can grow our electricity production as fast as we can grow our primary energy production, so we can reshore American industry here and we can make sure the United States, not China, leads in AI. This is important for national security,” Wright said.
He cited natural gas as the key to growth. “The fuel that will drive data centers and us leading AI is natural gas.”
Data centers continue to be constructed all across Texas, despite concerns from communities regarding the impact on the grid and environment. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has cited data centers as being one of the main contributors to the growth in demand for electricity in Texas.
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