The Data Center Coalition's Dan Diorio countered with a PwC figure of $65.8B in 2024 Texas GDP contribution, though a UT Austin Bureau of Economic Geology report logged a more modest 47,604 jobs.
The Data Center Coalition's Dan Diorio argued against mandating today's technology, while AWS and Google cited non-potable and closed-loop deployments.
The Data Center Coalition pushed back, with VP of state policy Dan Diorio calling HARC's projections "speculative" and noting datacenters use less water per unit of economic output than golf courses or food manufacturing.