Climate Change
Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage
Ahead of next year’s legislative session, lawmakers probe regulators and industry leaders about how data centers operate.
As Texas confronts decades of water mismanagement and growing demands for electricity from data centers, the state’s top utility regulator, Public Utility Commission Chairman Thomas Gleeson, told a state House committee on Thursday that it’s critical to have a clear picture of how much water data centers use.
Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage