Texas water officials seek more funding as crisis worsens, costs soar: ‘This is not going to stop’
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Texas water officials are urging lawmakers to provide more funding for water supply projects as costs skyrocket, with the State Water Plan estimating a $174 billion price tag, and data centers increasing water usage, raising national security concerns.
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Data centers must bring their own power, they must reuse their own water, and they must reduce electricity costs for residential and small business customers.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 23, 2026
We will slash incentives and protect Texas neighborhoods.
Those are bottom line expectations. pic.twitter.com/jjUEciR2pw
Water usage has been a hot topic in the AI data center world, but the numbers may surprise you.
— NVIDIA (@nvidia) June 22, 2026
According to the Manhattan Institute, data centers use 0.2 percent of daily water usage in the U.S. and that number has dramatically decreased in the past few years due to a new… pic.twitter.com/QnlGrLR5ks
100%.
— Brandon Herrera (@TheAKGuy) June 23, 2026
Data centers cannot expect to keep moving into West Texas and drain communities of resources we don’t have. We have to be smarter about this.