Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), the state water regulator, to impose legal consequences on data centers and other major water users that fail to report consumption. The move comes as Texas reviews how it regulates data centers and has paused connections for new facilities to the state electrical grid while examining their power and water use. The TWDB is surveying facilities on current and expected consumption, and data centers that miss the response deadline will be denied new or renewed environmental permits.