Data centers continue to pop-up around Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Industry experts and environmental advocates weighed in on their water and energy consumption.

ERCOT data obtained by the Houston Chronicle reveals the Texas counties where five or more large data centers are seeking to connect to the state's power grid.

The moratorium applies to unincorporated parts of Hill County, a rural area facing eight potential data center developments.

Texas has emerged as the epicenter of an unprecedented data center boom as the Trump administration and tech companies race against China and other rivals for bigger and better artificial intelligence. The state has the fastest-growing data center market ...

Texas was second to Virginia in states with the most data center construction, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

"This property started as a first-generation data center in the 1980s, when needs were completely different. We will be able to leverage the underlying power by adding modern infrastructure to create a premier enterprise colocation facility,” said Brad Lonberger, CEO of Infrascale.

Data center projects in Wichita Falls and across Texas face crucial decisions by power panel.

Texas communities are pushing back as massive data centers consume land, water and electricity at an unprecedented pace.