Regulatory July 15, 2026 Texas market

Tom Green County suspends new industrial water-tapping permits for computing facilities

Responding to last month's contentious state water hearings, Tom Green County officially suspended all new commercial water-tapping permits for industrial computing facilities pending a comprehensive aquifer-impact study, a direct regulatory constraint on the San Angelo-area data center cluster (Skybox, Cloudnium SANG-1, Dove Creek).