Fifteen companies have committed to a Texas data-center review plan that calls for state audits of power, water, public subsidies, ownership and neighborhood impacts, according to five releases from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.
Comal County’s official resolutions index lists a May 14 measure regarding additional Texas data centers; the governor says every proposed project must now disclose power, water, subsidy, ownership and neighborhood impacts to state grid regulators.
The governor’s office says PUCT and ERCOT will audit proposed data centers’ power demand, water plans, public subsidies, ownership and neighborhood impacts before projects can move forward.
The releases name Core Scientific, Vantage Data Centers and SB Energy; Microsoft, Hut 8 and Equinix; Galaxy, Compass Datacenters and Montera Infrastructure; Amazon, Lancium and Cipher Digital; and Stack Infrastructure, Anthropic and Nightpeak Energy. Each group is presented by Abbott’s office as having agreed to comply.
Under the state checklist described by Abbott’s office, project reviews would examine who pays for electric infrastructure, projected grid demand, plans for on-site generation, water sources and reuse, taxpayer-funded incentives, controlling ownership and measures addressing noise, light, setbacks, traffic and emergency response.
A company’s commitment is not the same as a completed regulatory audit. The current receipts are commitment announcements from the governor’s office; project-level filings will show whether the promised disclosures produce enforceable limits on electricity, water use, subsidies or neighborhood effects.
For Comal County residents, the useful records will be project-specific audit disclosures showing megawatts, water sources, public incentives, ownership and site protections—not another general promise of compliance.