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The state agency said it could collect information from more than 400 large and medium-sized energy consumers.

Across Texas, Democrats and Republicans alike are calling for limits on data centers' water and power use, but efforts to regulate the rapidly growing industry have gained little traction amid divisions among state leaders.

The Westlake Town Council is legally barred from taking action on the data center project for two weeks.

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.

Granbury residents are asking a Fort Worth appeals court to order recall elections after the city rejected petitions targeting the mayor and four council members over the Project Patriot data center.

The SMU PhD student lost the deal after he was accused by an editor of using AI to write portions of it.

Although Bedford officials don't anticipate any data center projects in the near future, they're redoing their zoning ordinance.

The 11-member Data Center & Infrastructure Commission is tasked with evaluating developments, with first report due at Nov. 3 work session.

The Denton City Council is reviewing a proposed $2.22 billion budget that would lower the property tax rate and increase employee pay. But officials warn a boost from business personal property tax revenue, including from data centers, may not last. Residents can weigh in at a Sept. 15 public hearing.

90-day halt would begin in February with approval from council, which voted on two other issues Tuesday related to data centers.

Ken Paxton's Senate campaign received thousands in donations from the data center industry as Hood County awaits ruling from the AG on its data center moratorium.

OpenAI, Meta, Google and Amazon have all pledged to address concerns about their energy and water usage.