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Analysis: Texas Ag Commissioner shares AI image to protest AI data centers
Someone take away Pawpaw’s John Deere keys before he causes another pileup on the information superhighway.
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Texas county pauses data center construction in rural areas for a year
Hill County commissioners’ split vote to issue a moratorium appears to be a first in Texas.
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Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.
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Texas could become the world’s largest AI data center hub by 2030
Hotspots within Texas are also experiencing a shift, with the Austin-San Antonio corridor’s growth surpassing the disaster-prone Houston and maxed-out Dallas.
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AI-aligned super PACs are pouring millions into Texas congressional races
Groups funded by artificial intelligence industry leaders have spent more than $2.8 million in the state, mostly on U.S. House GOP candidates who favor a light regulatory touch.
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Dan Patrick adds data centers, prediction markets and THC to Senate priorities
Patrick’s Friday release of priorities calls on lawmakers to study the emerging issues ahead of the 2027 legislative session.
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Texas forecast to be top market for data centers in two years, increasing grid demand
As artificial intelligence pushes demand for more data centers, companies are drawn to the state’s relatively inexpensive land and natural gas that can run on-site power plants.
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As data centers jostle to get on Texas’ grid, ERCOT promises new rules for ‘Batch Zero’
The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study. It’s ERCOT’s first attempt at a new planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously.
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The Year in Climate: Attacks on science, start of Trump’s second term and surging electricity demand foreshadow a future filled with uncertainty
Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Climate News tracked in 2025.
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San Antonio councilman calls for city to look into data center growth and resource drain
District 6’s Ric Galvan said policy hasn’t kept up with the growth in data centers, which are projected to strain local water and energy resources.
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‘Rapid explosion’ of data centers causes planning struggles for Texas power grid
As companies look to build projects that consume more power than cities, ERCOT is trying to plan transmission.
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Texas grid operators and regulators iron out new rules for data centers
New state legislation seeks to address grid challenges from hosting large energy users like data centers while remaining an attractive place to do business.
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Data centers are thirsty for Texas’ water, but state planners don’t know how much they will need
A wave of massive data centers is expanding across Texas, prompting warnings from experts who say the new water demands could push the state’s already strained supply to the brink.
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Study: Texas’ coming wave of power plants to fuel data centers will surge greenhouse gas pollution
Companies plan to build more than 100 new gas-fired power plants to meet demand from data centers, AI and other energy-hungry industries.
