Houston Advanced Research Center

May 16, 2026

A Houston Advanced Research Center study projects Texas datacenters could consume 399 billion gallons by 2030.

March 17, 2026

Houston Advanced Research Center estimates Texas datacenters consumed roughly 25 billion gallons in 2025, projected to spike to 2.7% of total state water use by 2030, equivalent to 1.3 million households.

February 19, 2026

Margaret Cook, VP of Water and Community Resilience at Houston Advanced Research Center, warned that communities permitting datacenters are "gambling against being able to get new water from future State Water Plans."

February 18, 2026

The Houston Advanced Research Center projects Texas data centers will consume nearly 50 billion gallons this year, with data centers reaching roughly 7% of state water use by 2030.

February 13, 2026

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) published a report estimating Texas data centers consumed roughly 25 billion gallons of water in 2025, a figure that could balloon to as high as 161 billion gallons annually by 2030, while the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) agreed on Feb. 6 to distribute the state's first water-use survey for data centers and crypto mining facilities this spring.