The five big tech companies — Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft — are projected to invest $240 billion in the U.S. in capital expenditures, primarily in AI-related data centers and equipment over the next 12 months.

As summer heats up here in central Texas, we turn our attention to the topic of energy resiliency, particularly that of our state energy grid and how policymakers who affect those of us living in Williamson County specifically can mitigate grid failures and look at solving the longer term problems associated with providing sustainable and affordable energy to ourselves and our neighbors.