Abbott's latest action comes as data centers have become a politically charged issue ahead of November's election.

Data centers have been a flash point in the 2026 midterm elections, including Abbott's bid for reelection against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa.

"Simply put, Texans must come first," Gov. Abbott said.

The latest directive from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is that new data centers must lower residents' electric bills.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott redoubled his efforts to slow a boom in data center development, ordering a temporary pause in ...

In another move to prevent data centers from compromising Texans' way of life, water and electricity grids, Gov. Abbott has a ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott already ordered a data center audit, but now he's taken another major step to pause development.

HOUSTON, Sept ⁠21 (Reuters) - ⁠Texas ⁠Governor Greg Abbott ​said on Monday ‌he had ‌halted ⁠all ⁠state-issued permits for data centers ​until an Electric Reliability ​Council of Texas ⁠grid audit ⁠is ...

The Republican governor has ordered state regulators to penalize data centers that fail to report water use.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Monday to stop issuing new permits for data centers, strengthening his moratorium on t ...

Less than 30% of data centers responded to a state-required survey. They could face civil and criminal penalties.

Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced that he directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt all data center permits until ERCOT finished its audit.