Batch Zero: ERCOT’s Plan to Unlock 50 GW of AI Data Center Power
Sep 29, 2026
ERCOT is running a once-in-a-generation interconnection study called Batch Zero, built to work through a massive backlog of large-load requests as AI data centers move from planning to construction at an unprecedented pace. In this episode of The Gridmatic Podcast, Kise Shannon (VP, Sales & Business Development) and Rice Lummis (Sr. Director, Asset Management) break down what Batch Zero actually is and why it matters for Texas’s grid.