Texas Data Center Legislation, News and Markets

States / Texas

The Digest's tracker holds no Texas data center bills at the moment, so the policy story here is mostly executive action and local decisions. The map covers 4 Texas markets with about 14 GW of capacity and pipeline. Local restrictions on data center permits are in effect.

14 GWcapacity and pipeline across 4 map markets

0data center bills tracked

0advanced past committee

Activelocal moratorium activity

Local restrictions. Fort Worth City Council enacted a temporary moratorium on new data center approvals (Aug 2026) while the city develops updated zoning and infrastructure standards. County-level debates continue elsewhere in the state. Separately, Gov. Abbott ordered TCEQ on Sept 21, 2026 to halt all data center permits statewide pending ERCOT and Water Development Board audits (the ERCOT audit is expected in mid-December). See the moratorium layer on the map.

Latest Texas data center activity

Bill actions and news about Texas data centers in one timeline, newest first. News is matched to the state by the story's text.

Oct 20

NewsTCEQ Advanced 35 Data Center Applications Despite Abbott's Permitting Pause

Policy

Oct 15

NewsAMD Backs Fermi's 222MW Texas Campus With Credit Support Agreement

Construction

Oct 15

NewsHarris County Pushes for Regulatory Authority Over 46 Local Data Centers

Impact

Oct 12

NewsTexas Governor Abbott Halts Data Center Permits Amid 474 GW Grid Demand Backlog

Policy

Oct 12

NewsFluidstack Breaks Ground on $4 Billion 1.5 GW Texas AI Data Center

Construction

Oct 11

NewsOracle, Broadcom, SpaceX Seek Over $90 Billion in AI Chip Financing

Oct 11

NewsProject Longhorn Files $366 Million Data Center in Bastrop County, Texas

Construction

Oct 8

NewsSix New Markets Join the Digest Data Center Map as Texas Pauses Permits and Chicago Weighs a Moratorium

Digest Original

Oct 7

NewsAmazon Disputes Water and Energy Rate Claims, Announces Community Commitments

Oct 7

NewsNexalus Field Trial Shows Sealed Server Design Eliminates Evaporative Cooling Water Use

Cooling

Oct 7

NewsData Center World Speakers Urge Transparency, Utility Co-Investment to Counter Opposition

Opposition

Oct 2

NewsCrusoe Files Plans for Two Data Centers in Jayton, Texas

Construction

Texas data center legislation

The tracker has no Texas data center bills right now. It follows bills through OpenStates keyword search, so a state with few matches may simply have little visible legislation. Browse the full Legislation tracker.

Texas data center markets and projects

Dallas–Fort Worth

10 GW

~10GW total; 3.9GW planned pipeline.

One of the fastest-growing US markets.

West Texas

2.5 GW

~2.5GW installed and planned; Stargate's Abilene site leads the corridor.

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank's Stargate campus in Abilene is targeting 1.2GW, with roughly 0.4GW operational as of mid-2026 and projected to reach…

San Antonio, TX

0.4 GW

400MW under development; 5,220MW/3-site campus proposed by Tract Capital (announced June 2026).

Military and government demand anchors this market alongside growing commercial activity.

Texas Panhandle (Amarillo)

1.2 GW

1GW+ Crusoe 'Goodnight' campus for Google; separate Fermi America 'HyperGrid' proposal.

Crusoe's 'Goodnight' campus in Armstrong County, east of Amarillo, is under construction with Google confirmed as end user and roughly $29B of…

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Digest Originals that mention Texas

Oct 15

Digest Original

Where the Next Big Data Center Markets Will Be, According to the Digest's Own Data

Oct 8

Digest Original

Six New Markets Join the Digest Data Center Map as Texas Pauses Permits and Chicago Weighs a Moratorium

Other desks

Updated October 22, 2026. Bill labels are the Digest's own classification of each bill's text; market figures come from CBRE, JLL, and utility filings as cited on the map. All Digest news.