Meta Defends Corporate Resource Footprint in Formal Response to Texas House Water Probe
Tech giant Meta Platforms, Inc.
Tech giant Meta Platforms, Inc.
Commissioners in Camp, Cass, Upshur and Wood counties voted June 30 to join a proposed 16-county regional groundwater conservation district, seeking legal authority over pumping from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer before Dallas-area water planners drill 90 high-capacity wells in the region.
Texas' effort to control who pays for the power that data centers demand reaches two hard markers this month.
Texas is learning to adjust quickly to rapid population growth and increasingly frequent extreme weather.
One of the largest single data-center projects yet planned in Texas is approaching an operational milestone in a rural county west of Fort Worth.
The Texas Water Development Board launched a statewide public awareness campaign aimed at helping Texans better understand where their water comes from, how much water their communities will need in the future, and the infrastructure required to maintain long-term water security.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division marked the 20th anniversary of its Groundwater to the Gulf program this year, bringing 30 educators from Austin to the Texas coast for a hands-on institute on water science.
Texas is preparing to spend up to $20 billion on water over the next two decades.
In much of Texas, a data center can sink a well and pump as much groundwater as it wants, and no state agency is empowered to stop it.
Organizers in Northeast El Paso have filed a formal notice to recall City Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo.