Texas Gov. Abbott orders data center permit halt weeks after issuing moratorium

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered a halt on all data center-related environmental permits until an audit of the existing data center waitlist by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas is completed. This expands a previous moratorium on new data center grid approvals amid concerns over the rapid growth of data centers in Texas, which was poised to become the largest data center market globally. Abbott plans to work with the legislature to remove financial incentives for data centers in an