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Abbott orders penalties for Texas data centers that fail to report water use
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The governor’s office said that some major water users, including data centers, appear to have violated state law by failing to provide required information about their water use.
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The governor’s office said that some major water users, including data centers, appear to have violated state law by failing to provide required information about their water use.
AUSTIN, Texas (KETK) -- Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Water Development Board to start penalizing major water users, like data centers, if they haven't complied with water use reporting requirements.
Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water use 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.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's water development board to start penalizing major water users if they haven't complied with water use reporting requirements. In a letter to Texas Water Development Chair L'Oreal Stepney and Executive Administrator Bryan McMath, Abbott said major water …
Gov. Greg Abbott issued another directive on data centers, calling on the Texas Water Development Board to penalize data centers that don't comply with state water laws.
Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Water Development Board, the state agency tasked with overseeing the state’s water planning process, to penalize data centers that do not report their […]
The governor’s office said that some major water users, including data centers, appear to have violated state law by failing to provide required information about their water use.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has directed the Texas Water Development Board to penalize data centers that fail to report their water usage, after state records showed most facilities have ignored the mandatory survey for years.
