Texas index · last changed 1 October 2026
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of Texas data centers.
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Start with 113 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
Texas map
113 licensed rows · 80 source localities · 6 map targets
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Browse all 113 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
Separate layer
Sites that operators list on their own websites and that are not rows in the licensed directory above. They are kept apart and never added to the licensed rows.
113 operator-listed sites (mixed units; not added to licensed rows) in Texas →
47 of these sites have no supported coordinate. The map does not invent a pin or a metro placement for them.
Texas evidence at a glance
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
The JETI current-agreements page was never opened, so the exclusion of data centers from that programme is unconfirmed.
Browse all 113 Texas licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
3 project records · 1 operating facility record. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| Record / roles | Status | Capacity / scale | Primary evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodnight Data Center | proposedproject | UnknownNo independently supported figure | TCEQ Plain Language Summary — permit 182880 →Gov. record |
| Nexus Data Center Hubbard | proposedproject | UnknownNo independently supported figure | TCEQ Plain Language Summary — permits 183046, GHGPSDTX269 and PSDTX1700 →Gov. record |
| ADC Plano | operatingoperating facility | UnknownNo independently supported figure | TCEQ Plain Language Summary — renewal permit 131651 →Gov. record |
| Microsoft Corporation (SAT 89-90) | unknownproject · Texas Comptroller qualifying large-project list retrieved 19 September 2026; TDLR TABS project TABS2025012765 retrieved the same day | UnknownNo independently supported figureNo selected Comptroller or TDLR record states critical-IT or other MW. TDLR estimated cost and 489,400 square feet gross building area are not IT load and are not published as capacity. | Registered Qualifying Large Data Center Projects — Microsoft Corporation (SAT 89-90) →Gov. record |
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 12 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Coverage review was due 12 October 2026; no later coverage review is recorded as of 3 November 2026.
3 independently source-linked project/campus records; 1 independently source-linked facility/building record; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
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Licensed and operator listings, reviewed records, answers and local policy for each place. Listings overlap and are not added; a place without a line here has no published local evidence.
No local evidence answer, reviewed record or local policy record is published for Abernathy, Abilene, Allen, Austin, Childress, Dallas, Denton, Garland, Irving, Red Oak, San Antonio. Their listings above are source listings to investigate. No statewide evidence answer is published for Texas either; statewide rules are under Policy tracker below.
6 Texas answers are not tied to a published record, so they are not placed here: Texas answers.
Policy tracker
13 sourced records are associated with this state context. They are grouped below as current, pending and nonbinding, and history, and each card shows its relevant date. These are not facility counts and do not cover every locality.
Texas: Temporary approval and permit pauses pending reviews—not a permanent ban on existing facilities.
These Texas records are related instruments. None is recorded as superseding another. Together, the approval and permit directives are a temporary approval and permit pause pending an audit. This is not a permanent ban on existing facilities. The 3 August 2026 letter tells the Public Utility Commission and ERCOT to audit data centers advancing through ERCOT interconnection before any additional data centers are approved to move forward. It states no end date. ERCOT's 3 August 2026 market notice postponed Batch Zero classification of large loads past 7 August 2026. ERCOT's 20 August 2026 presentation says energization approvals are paused for data centers and virtual-currency mining facilities of 75 MW or greater until Batch Zero eligibility verification is complete. The 14 September 2026 board update says that pause continues until the verification and audit and the community-impact review are complete. Those materials give 10 December 2026 as a report-filing goal, not as a legal expiration. That energization pause does not, on ERCOT's description, apply to non-data-center large loads or to medium loads. The 21 September 2026 letter tells TCEQ to halt permits sought by data centers until ERCOT completes its review, and it says no other state agency should move regulatory approvals forward until the requested information is acquired. 19 October 2026 is a compliance-update date, not an expiration. The same letter says the governor will seek legislation to eliminate data-center financial incentives. That legislation is not recorded as enacted. The Comptroller was still describing the sales-tax exemption program on 22 September 2026. The Public Utility Commission's rule 16 TAC section 25.194, adopted on 18 September 2026 with an effective date of 8 October 2026, implements Senate Bill 6 for large loads generally; it is a separate instrument and does not end these pauses. ERCOT's 14 September 2026 request for information (M-B091426-01) sets a 12 October 2026 response date; that is a response deadline, not an expiration. TCEQ's 19 October 2026 letter says the agency has paused issuance of permits for infrastructure directly supporting data centers and is screening pending applications. The STEERS page marked modified on 22 October 2026 says that filing system is temporarily down for that review. Neither document ends the pause or lists individual permits. 19 October 2026 remains a compliance-update date, not an expiration.
Recorded as in effect on the dataset date. This does not mean every project in a represented state is restricted or approved.
Statewide permit or approval pause
In effect · Texas · State
Effective: 21 September 2026
Issuing authority: Governor of Texas
On 21 September 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt permits sought by data centers and to pause issuance of permits related to data center projects until ERCOT completes its review.
Reporting or resource-use requirement
In effect · ERCOT region, Texas · Regional grid
Effective: 14 September 2026
Issuing authority: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
On 14 September 2026 ERCOT issued a request for information to developers of not-yet-energized data centers in Batch Zero and of substantiated data center loads of 25 to 75 megawatts.
Reporting or resource-use requirement
In effect · Texas · State
Effective: 14 September 2026
Issuing authority: Governor of Texas
On 14 September 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Water Development Board to enforce existing water-use survey obligations against major water users, including data centers, and to partner with ERCOT so the data-center audit collects water-use information.
Grid-interconnection pause
In effect · ERCOT region in Texas · Regional grid
Source document: 20 August 2026
Issuing authority: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ERCOT's 20 August 2026 presentation says energization approvals are paused for data centers and virtual-currency mining facilities of 75 MW or greater until Batch Zero eligibility verification is complete.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · ERCOT power region, Texas · State
Effective: 20 August 2026
Issuing authority: Public Utility Commission of Texas
On 20 August 2026 the Public Utility Commission of Texas granted ERCOT good-cause exceptions in Project No. 59142 so that ERCOT could delay classifying Large Loads for Batch Zero, include certain eligible but unclassified loads in the August and November 2026 stability assessments, and extend its review of dynamic data.
Reporting or resource-use requirement · Fort Worth only (local rule)
In effect · Fort Worth, Texas · Local
Effective: 11 August 2026
Issuing authority: City of Fort Worth
Fort Worth's revised water and wastewater design criteria, effective 11 August 2026, require data center developments to obtain a Non-Significant Industrial User permit for discharges to the city wastewater system.
Statewide permit or approval pause
In effect · Texas · State
Effective: 3 August 2026
Issuing authority: Governor of Texas
On 3 August 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT to audit data centers advancing through ERCOT interconnection before any additional data centers are approved to move forward, and to deny grid connection to a project that fails that process.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · ERCOT region, Texas · Regional grid
Effective: 1 August 2026
Issuing authority: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ERCOT Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request 282 sets frequency and voltage ride-through requirements for Large Computational Loads, the load type defined in NPRR 1308 to include data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · ERCOT region, Texas · Regional grid
Effective: 1 August 2026
Issuing authority: Electric Reliability Council of Texas
ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request 1308 defines a Large Computational Load as a Large Load (75 MW or more at a site) in which at least half of the demand is power-electronic computational load, such as data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities.
Reporting or resource-use requirement
In effect · Texas · State
Effective: 10 June 2026
Issuing authority: Governor of Texas
On 10 June 2026 Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas to take action to require data centers to pay for all of their electric infrastructure costs so that residential ratepayers are not burdened, and directed the commission and ERCOT to review their authorities and send a joint memorandum by 17 July 2026.
Enacted legislation or regulation · San Angelo only (local rule)
In effect · San Angelo, Texas · Local
Effective: 19 May 2026
Issuing authority: San Angelo City Council
San Angelo amended its Zoning Ordinance on 19 May 2026 to add Section 430, Data Centers.
Incentive or explicitly supportive policy
In effect · Texas · State
Last checked: 23 September 2026
Issuing authority: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
As of 22 September 2026, the Texas Comptroller's public program page still describes certification and a temporary state sales-tax exemption for qualifying data centers and qualifying large data center projects.
Expired, repealed, vetoed, failed, blocked, superseded and completed measures remain visible without being presented as current.
Reporting or resource-use requirement
Completed · Texas · State
Ended: 10 July 2026
Issuing authority: Public Utility Commission of Texas
The Public Utility Commission of Texas ran a one-time Energy and Water Use survey of data centers and virtual currency mining facilities that operate, or plan to operate, in Texas by 2030, to fulfil a study requirement in the General Appropriations Act and inform the state water plan.
Enacted legislation or regulation · Listed coverage: part of Texas
In effect · Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) · Regional grid
Effective: 1 July 2026
Issuing authority: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
On 5 June 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted Southwest Power Pool tariff revisions, effective 1 July 2026, that add Conditional High Impact Large Load Service, a non-firm transmission service that can serve a large load such as a data center before long-term firm service is available, for up to seven years and subject to curtailment.
Enacted legislation or regulation · Listed coverage: part of Texas
In effect · Southwest Power Pool region (multistate) · Regional grid
Effective: 15 January 2026
Issuing authority: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
On 14 January 2026 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted Southwest Power Pool tariff revisions, effective 15 January 2026, that add a High Impact Large Load study process and a generation assessment for those loads.
Review dates: the 13 Texas records were last checked 23 September 2026 to 25 October 2026. 12 scheduled reviews are overdue as of the tracker date 3 November 2026: TCEQ data-center permit pause (last checked 25 October 2026, review due 1 November 2026); ERCOT data center state and community impact information request, Water-use reporting enforcement directive, Order letting ERCOT delay Batch Zero classification during the data-center audit, Fort Worth: water and wastewater criteria for data centers, ERCOT ride-through requirements for large computational loads (NOGRR 282), ERCOT definition of Large Computational Load (NPRR 1308), Directive on data-center infrastructure costs, San Angelo: zoning standards for data centers (Sec. 430), Data center sales-tax exemption (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 23 October 2026); ERCOT large-load interconnection pause, ERCOT approval pause pending audit (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 28 October 2026). Overdue means not re-read yet, not changed. No single record, and not this list, establishes complete statewide policy coverage.