Texas Data Center Boom Runs Into ERCOT Freeze as CBRE Reports Record 1.4% National Vacancy

CBRE's North America Data Center Trends webinar for the first half of 2026 described record-low vacancy and a construction pipeline unlike any other, a national picture that runs headlong into Texas reality, where the state has become the world's largest data center market just as regulators freeze the grid connections new campuses depend on.