Sid Miller

September 7, 2026

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Temple Clears First Readings on Rowan's $4.2B Campus

September 1, 2026

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Only 22 GW Clear Section 9.5 Under Senate Bill 6 Batch Zero

August 29, 2026

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called the directive "all hat and no cattle" absent new legislation; Abbott has already begun naming major companies that "comply," which points to selective restart rather than a hard stop.

August 28, 2026

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller put the permanence in plain terms: once farmland is paved, it doesn't come back.

August 24, 2026

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is pressing Abbott for a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale designations, arguing sites take the most productive farmland and that 500-plus Texas designations can't all land on a 109 GW system.

June 17, 2026

Sid Miller, the outgoing agriculture commissioner, broke ranks to endorse Democrat Clayton Tucker's call for a statewide moratorium at a packed Matagorda County event.

May 24, 2026

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called this week for a statewide moratorium on large data center development pending review of grid, water, and rural impacts.

May 21, 2026

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called for a statewide moratorium, citing University of Texas research that datacenters could hit 9% of state water use by 2040.

May 1, 2026

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller floated "Agriculture Freedom Zones" in January to redirect projects toward marginal land and brownfields.

March 25, 2026

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says his office is "digging in" on farmland protection.

March 1, 2026

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller launched a formal investigation into Fermi America's Project Matador, an 18 million square foot, 11 GW campus north of Amarillo, after cotton farmers flagged Ogallala Aquifer depletion risks.