Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the state’s environmental regulator to halt all data center-related permits until the Electric Reliability Council of Texas completes an audit of the existing waitlist for data centers looking to connect to the state’s grid.
The audits were originally ordered by the governor’s office in August, when Abbott also imposed a moratorium on new data center grid approvals. This directive expands the moratorium to environmental approvals through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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