October 19, 2026

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 
Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

🌍✨ Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

Why we’re watching: FracTracker and Public Citizen identified 35 permitting actions taken by regulators in Texas in the weeks after Gov.

Greg Abbott ordered a moratorium.By Dylan Baddour Regulators in Texas did not stop processing permits for data center projects when Gov. 💚

Greg Abbott ordered a pause last month, according to an analysis of public records released Monday by the oil and gas watchdog group FracTracker. 

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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Inside Climate News.