Houston Advanced Research Center

September 2, 2026

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August 5, 2026

The KUT reporting exposes the structural gap under the pause: Texas has no statewide mandate requiring developers to disclose facility size or cooling technology at permitting, the two variables that determine water draw, per Margaret Cook of the Houston Advanced Research Center.

May 30, 2026

In Waco Thursday, Houston Advanced Research Center's Margaret Cook told 180 attendees that Texas data centers could climb from 0.4% of state water use to 2.7% on top of a structural 4.8 million acre-foot deficit by 2030.

May 16, 2026

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

May 7, 2026

Texas datacenter water consumption is projected at 49 billion gallons in 2025, scaling to 399 billion gallons by 2030, per Houston Advanced Research Center and University of Houston research.

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.

March 9, 2026

The Houston Advanced Research Center estimates Texas datacenters consume **8 billion gallons of water annually** across 464 existing facilities, with 70+ more under development.

February 24, 2026

The Houston Advanced Research Center projects Texas datacenter water consumption could hit 29 to 161 billion gallons annually by 2030, potentially consuming up to 2.7% of the state's total water use.

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.