https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/17/why-texas-power-outages-are-plaguing-california-and-ted-cruz-is-clamming-up/ > The power grid problems plaguing Texas as the state endures unseasonably frigid temperatures have struck vulnerable Californians and their doctors, too. > That’s because the primary data center for Medi-Cal, which provides health insurance for millions of the Golden State’s low-income residents, is located deep in the heart of Texas. Dallas, to be exact. Like large swaths of the Lone Star state, the data center was hit by a power outage, which temporarily shut down Medi-Cal’s website and affected operations from just after midnight on Monday through early Wednesday morning.