Amazon’s 3,000-acre data center in Wharton County, Texas moves forward despite Abbott’s data center “ban”An hour south of Houston, a 3,000-acre digital fortress is rising from farmland while the governor’s much-publicized data center ban dominates headlines. Regulators have approved Amazon’s campus near Boling in Wharton County, even though Gov. Greg Abbott announced his crackdown on Sept. 21. The order is a pause on new state permits, not a prohibition, […]Natural News2d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetGreg Abbotttexas data center permit pause
Texas puts data center permits on hold.Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to stop granting permits to data centers while the state finishes an audit of the facilities that want to connect to its electric grid. Last week, Abbott also told state regulators to “impose legal consequences” on data centers that don’t disclose information about water…The Verge15d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetGreg Abbotttexas data center permit halt
Gov. Abbott Halts Texas Environmental Permits for Data Centers Until Audit Is CompletedTexas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered a halt to all environmental permits tied to data center construction, deepening a pause on the AI industry that has sought to grow throughout the state.Breitbart News Network15d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetGreg Abbotttexas data center permit halt
