Regulatory August 25, 2026 Texas market

Texas water planners will estimate data center water use from ERCOT interconnection requests

The Texas Water Development Board told the House natural resources committee that the state water plan carries no projection of data center water use, and that it intends to build one indirectly: from ERCOT interconnection requests, reading site location and requested megawatts as a proxy for demand.

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