Only 17% of the 341 data centers operating in Texas responded to a survey from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) last year, according to officials who testified at a state House committee hearing June 23.
Temple McKinnon, the agency’s water supply planning director, told lawmakers that the companies were required by law to respond, but the state agency lacks enforcement power to compel them to do so.
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