Meta on August 10 endorsed Texas Governor Greg Abbott's data center standards, stating it pays full energy, water, wastewater, and grid-infrastructure costs for its facilities. The company joins OpenA…
Energy Vault announced on August 7 a commercial agreement to supply 1.25 GW of integrated, off-grid power infrastructure for a hyperscaler AI data center in Texas, projecting $500 million to $600 mill…
President Donald Trump defended data centers as "tremendously important for the economics" and "could be bigger than oil," opposing local moratoriums in Texas and New York despite widespread bipartisa…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on August 3 ordered a moratorium on all new data center connections to the state's power grid, directing the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability …
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on new data center approvals on Monday, citing the need for an audit to prevent the state's power grid from being overwhelmed. The Electric Reliabilit…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all proposed data center grid connections, as residents and a Buddhist monastery in …
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday evening that new data centres in the state must comply with regulations before construction begins, including disclosing financial assistance …
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared a moratorium on new power grid connections for data centers, directing the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERC…
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT to require grid audits for data center connections, citing grid stability and reliability concerns. The audits will requi…
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas are rolling back data center tax incentives, with Arizona enacting a three-year moratorium on new sales tax exemption applications from July 1, 2026, through…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered a statewide audit of data center projects in ERCOT's interconnection queue, directing the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT to deny connection to an…
Willie Nelson, 93, urged Americans to fight data centers invading rural Texas farmland, citing light pollution and water theft. The country music legend warned against losing control of food and water…
Willie Nelson, the 93-year-old country icon and Farm Aid co-founder, published an open letter Tuesday opposing AI data centers proposed near his hometown of Abbott, Texas, calling them 'loud, water th…
Country music legend Willie Nelson, 93, has publicly opposed the construction of AI data centers near his tiny Texas hometown of Abbott, calling them 'water-thieving' and 'invading' rural land in a so…
Texas regulators are tightening rules for AI data centers after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to make developers pay more of their grid connection costs and pr…
Democratic Texas gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa is seizing on backlash against AI data centers in Republican strongholds, calling the industry 'the wild west' and warning of threats to rural life…
President Donald Trump secured a voluntary pledge from governors and electricity companies on Thursday to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills stemming from data centers, expanding on an in…
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott faces backlash from his rural conservative base over his support for massive AI data centers, which residents fear will raise electricity bills, deplete water res…
Texas Republicans are turning on Gov. Greg Abbott over the rapid expansion of AI data centers, which are fueling anger across rural Texas over soaring electricity bills, shrinking water supplies, and …
Taiwan's Wistron Corporation opened its $700 million D1 AI smart facility in Fort Worth, Texas on July 21, already mass-producing Nvidia's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Superchips in the first U.S. prod…