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Texas governor directs regulators to penalize datacenters over water disclosure
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has instructed state regulators to penalize datacenters that do not follow rules on reporting their water consumption. He said the facilities should help safeguard the state's water supply amid ongoing drought conditions and must publicly disclose how much water they use. The directive signals tighter scrutiny of the industry's resource demands in Texas.