Texas Data Centers Largely Ignore Water Usage Reporting Law

Texas leaders are asking data centers how much water they use. Most aren’t responding.

Data centers need a lot of water and energy. State officials want to know how much, and they hoped a survey sent to data center companies would give them the answers. But at a legislative hearing Tuesday in Austin, they were told less than a third of the companies surveyed responded. “Bad data, bad study,” [] The post Texas leaders are asking data centers how much water they use. Most aren’t responding. appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases

Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas. Experts warn they will emit significant pollution that could harm the health of communities nearby.

Newsom’s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. Again.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to require proposed data centers to provide estimates of their water usage last year, saying he was “reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements” without understanding the impact on businesses and consumers. Opposition to the mammoth tech hubs and their massive thirst of water, power and land has only escalated throughout []

Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas with natural gas

Chevron will fuel a massive Microsoft data center in West Texas with natural gas under a 20-year agreement, the oil major announced Monday. The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large []...Click to read more

Poll Shows 52% of Americans Don’t Want Data Centers in Their Community

Here’s the updated version with broader power-and-water-use context added: A majority of likely U.S. voters oppose having a large data center built in their community, even as most say the issue should be handled by state and local governments rather than Congress, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey. The national telephone and online survey []