Corpus Christi, TX

May 25, 2026

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Texas Ranks First on Power. A 5,500-Person Town Decides the Water.

The ranking lands the same day Corpus Christi's emergency groundwater project, designed to deliver 24 million gallons per day by 2027, faces a court-cleared legal challenge from Sinton, a town of 5,500 whose recent rezoning and substation permitting have Corpus Christi's city manager suspecting an unannounced data center tenant.

May 22, 2026

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Dallas Wins #1 Globally as Corpus Christi Shows the Real Constraint

The Corpus Christi water fight makes the second half of the story local.

May 19, 2026

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NextEra Pays $67B for the Playbook Texas Has Run Since 2024

Corpus Christi has laid pipe for the Evangeline aquifer project but lacks drilling permits because Sinton, a town of 5,500, is blocking them in court.

May 15, 2026

Corpus Christi's water crunch has already triggered credit-rating downgrades.

May 14, 2026

The Houston Advanced Research Center estimates Texas data centers will consume 49 billion gallons in 2025, climbing to 399 billion gallons by 2030, even as Corpus Christi prepares water-emergency declarations with 25% usage cuts.

May 11, 2026

Corpus Christi is supply-constrained, and the state estimates $174 billion in water infrastructure spending over 50 years to avoid crisis.

May 8, 2026

Hut 8's $9.8 billion Beacon Point lease near Corpus Christi sits where local reservoirs are below 8 percent capacity.

April 15, 2026

Corpus Christi already projects a water emergency from industrial demand and drought.

March 20, 2026

The 606-MW Jack Fusco Energy Center near Houston is unsold, and the 385-MW Gregory Power Plant near Corpus Christi was divested earlier this year.