Following Texas's data center boom -- energy demands, water use, economic impact, and communities navigating rapid tech expansion.
Governor Greg Abbott announced Aug. 11 that Oracle will comply with the standards and guidelines he established for data center development in Texas.
The Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to take the first step toward a temporary moratorium on the development of new data centers in the city, Mayor Mattie Parker said in a statement issued after the vote.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 10 that OpenAI will comply with the statewide standards and guidelines he established for data centers, according to a news release from the governor's office.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 10 that Meta will comply with the standards and guidelines he established for data centers in Texas, according to a news release from the governor's office.
State Representative Drew Darby asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Monday to hold a public meeting in Tom Green County before the agency acts on four air quality permit applications tied to a proposed data center campus near Dove Creek.
The Texas House Committee on State Affairs will take public testimony Wednesday, Aug. 19, on the two biggest fights on the state’s grid — data centers and the proposed 765,000-volt transmission lines — according to the hearing notice posted on the Legislature’s schedule.
Governor Greg Abbott announced that data center companies Skybox, Digital Realty, and Mara will comply with the standards and guidelines he established for data center development in Texas, according to an Aug. 7 press release from the governor's office.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that QTS Data Centers has committed to comply with the statewide data center standards and guidelines he established earlier this summer and to participate in the state's comprehensive audit, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the governor's office.
Texas has stopped telling data centers whether they can plug into the state's power grid, and no one has said when it will start again.
Texas has drawn more than $140 billion in capital commitments across four major artificial intelligence and infrastructure projects, making the state the industrial backbone of American AI, according to a new economic report released this month by Build American AI, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that advocates for U.S. leadership in emerging technologies.