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The Colorado River supplies water to Texas datacenters and municipalities in West Texas, with allocations governed by interstate compacts that affect regional water availability for cooling operations.
June 29, 2026
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Washington Set the Deadline. Texas Already Wrote the Playbook.
Contrast the out-of-state signals: Ohio's Gov. DeWine paused new sales-tax exemptions on May 27, Arizona's Gov. Hobbs backed a penny-a-gallon water fee against a possible 77% Colorado River allocation cut, and 69 US jurisdictions had construction restrictions by May 2026.
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Greg Abbott
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Mike DeWine
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Bell County
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