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Coverage dated August 12, 2026 to August 17, 2026

The data center backlash reaches Texas

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Texas is auditing hundreds of proposed data centers as communities across the U.S. push back against rising costs of the AI boom

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  1. Quartz

    The data center backlash reaches Texas (opens Quartz)

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    Texas is auditing hundreds of proposed data centers as communities across the U.S. push back against rising costs of the AI boom

  2. Odessa American

    Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it (opens Odessa American)

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    By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Tech companies are lining up to voice support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s audit of data centers seeking to connect to the power grid, although little is known about what the audit will entail or what it means for the data center construction boom. Since the Aug.

  3. Tyler Morning Telegraph

    Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order (opens Tyler Morning Telegraph)

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    The audit and verification of data centers ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott will involve about 250 to 300 projects, most of which are data centers, state grid operator officials told […]

  4. Washington Examiner

    Abbott’s data center construction pause will take ‘several months’ for up to 300 projects in Texas (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Around 300 proposed Texas data center projects are on hold for several months after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered an audit of new development, according to state regulators. Between 250 and 300 projects, most of them data centers, are set to move through the audit queue, the Electric Reliability C…

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