Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed state regulators to penalize data centers that fail to disclose their water usage as required by law. The move comes as the state faces significant water consumption pressure from the rapidly growing data center industry.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing conflict between the infrastructure demands of the AI/tech boom and environmental resource management in drought-prone regions.
Greg Abbott speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on 10 September./Getty Images Greg Abbott speaks during the second day of the Republican National Committee midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on 10 September./Getty Images Texas Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water use
Prefer the Guardian on Google Greg Abbott , the Texas governor, has directed state regulators to penalize datacenters that fail to comply with state laws requiring them to disclose their water use.
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