Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a halt to data center permits pending an ERCOT review of projects’ effects on electricity and ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to stop all data center permits until the ...

On Monday, the governor directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to stop issuing new permits until ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and The Water Development ...

The move is the latest in a series of escalating efforts by the governor to slow data center development in Texas ahead of ...

In another move to prevent data centers from compromising Texans' way of life, water and electricity grids, Gov. Abbott has a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are regulating data center development amid bipartisan backlash.

The governor says data centers must cover their own infrastructure costs and complete state audits before permitting resumes.

Abbott said state environmental regulators would halt approvals until they receive the results of an audit of data centers’ ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott already ordered a data center audit, but now he's taken another major step to pause development.

Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas regulators to stop approving data center permits until audits determine the industry’s impact on the state’s electric grid and water resources.

Data centers have been a flash point in the 2026 midterm elections, including Abbott's bid for reelection against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday barred the state's environmental agency from issuing new permits for data centers until regulators complete a massive audit of the energy-hungry facilities seeking to ...