New state legislation seeks to address grid challenges from hosting large energy users like data centers while remaining an attractive place to do business.By Arcelia MartinTexas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called “kill switch” is just one aspect of the wide-ranging state legislation meant to govern the growing number of energy-intensive supercomputer warehouses being planned and built out across the state.