Texas Suspends 17 Data Center Permits and Shuts STEERS Portal
Texas temporarily shut down the STEERS electronic filing application after watchdog reporting said construction permits for data-center projects continued despite Governor Greg Abbott’s pause request. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality also moved 17 data-center-related stormwater construction permits from active to suspended. FracTracker Alliance researcher Sam Law said the portal had continued issuing approvals, including for OpenAI and Amazon projects, but TCEQ did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment.
The action changes how Texas reviews permits associated with major AI data-center infrastructure, while the reported approvals for OpenAI and Amazon projects remain an unconfirmed claim.
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