Texas Data Center WatchFor Texas residents, first
What's being built in your county?
Data centers, and the power plants, substations, transmission lines and water deals that come with them. Plain-language project pages with every fact linked to a commissioners court record, state permit, company statement or news report, and labeled so you know which is which.
The Governor directed TCEQ to halt permits sought by data centers pending ERCOT and water audits. We track what happens next, county by county.
Counties with activity
Each county page lists projects, commissioners court actions, permits and where to find the official minutes. The number is projects tracked.
Latest records
The newest dated actions and filings we've verified. 28 of 56 records link directly to an official government source.
San Antonio Current: experts question governor's authority to pause permits; TCEQ air permits director email says agency is upholding the pause.
Source: sacurrent.com ↗Agenda item D.6 (AIR-26-705): resolution regarding a Chapter 231 bill to protect sensitive and rural areas of Bastrop County. Outcome not confirmed.
Source: bastropco.civicweb.net ↗TechTarget: TCEQ spokesperson says all air and water permits for infrastructure directly supporting data centers are paused; scope beyond ERCOT review unclear.
Source: techtarget.com ↗Gov. Abbott directs TCEQ to halt all permits sought by data centers until ERCOT and TWDB audits finish; TCEQ compliance update due Oct 19.
Source: gov.texas.gov ↗Texas Tribune: Texas pauses environmental permit approvals for data centers.
Source: texastribune.org ↗Governor's letter to TCEQ Exec. Dir. Kelly Keel: pause all permits related to data center projects until ERCOT completes review; update due Oct 19.
Source: gov.texas.gov ↗ERCOT market notice M-B091426-01: State and Community Impact RFI for data centers ≥25 MW; responses due 5 p.m. Oct 12 2026; report by Dec 10.
Source: ercot.com ↗Gov. Abbott directs TWDB to compel data center water-use reporting and partner with ERCOT on audit (per Sep 21 Governor release).
Source: gov.texas.gov ↗How to read our labels
Every source carries one of four labels. Benefits and impacts are only stated when a source supports them, and they're attributed.
Government documents: commissioners court minutes and agendas, TDLR registrations, TCEQ permits, ERCOT and PUC filings, Comptroller records.
What a developer, utility or tenant says in its own announcement. Useful, but not independently verified.
Reporting by news outlets. We attribute figures to the outlet and prefer the underlying record when we can get it.
Other trackers and databases. Treated as leads, never as the only source for a fact.
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