Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the state's environmental watchdog to withhold permits for new data centers until an audit of risks to the power grid ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to pause permits for new data centers until state regulators complete an audit of those projects.

The latest directive from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is that new data centers must lower residents' electric bills.

The Pennsylvania governor and potential 2028 presidential candidate went from touting the benefits of data centers to touting his role protecting communities from them.

Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced that he directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt all data center permits until ERCOT finished its audit.

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 ...

Abbott froze Texas data center permits until ERCOT audits finish, putting him at odds with Trump's AI expansion push.

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.

Governor Greg Abbott directed the TCEQ to halt all data data center permits until ERCOT completes an audit.

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.