Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pumped the brakes on new data centers that threaten to overwhelm the state’s electrical grid, following his push to ban the facilities in the rural part of the state.

Abbott paused approvals for the new centers until there’s a review of those that already requested to connect to the Lone Star State’s grid operator, ERCOT.

ERCOT is considering more than 474 gigawatts of requests — more than five times the state’s record peak electricity demand.

The governor, on Monday, directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to deny grid connection requests for any…

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