#Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on #DataCenters . Can they?

Texans from #WacoTX to #HarlingenTX are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.

By Berenice Garcia and Sam Shaw, The Waco Bridge, Feb. 13, 2026

Excerpt: "From #AmarilloTX to Waco, #CollegeStationTX to Harlingen, Texans are raising concerns over the proliferation of data centers — and the tremendous amounts of water and energy they are poised to suck up.

"Seemingly overnight, these sprawling campuses of computer servers meant to store information from websites and power artificial intelligence are popping up all over the state.

Just this month, the largest proposed data center in the U.S. was approved in Pecos County. That follows the start of construction of a $500 billion data center on the outskirts of Abilene and a planned 5,800-acre project in the Texas Panhandle that will include the world’s “largest energy campus,” according to its backers.

Together with more modest proposals near Waco, and just outside of Harlingen, Texas is emerging as a contender to challenge Virginia’s dominance in data centers.

In many of these places, Texans are demanding local elected officials intervene."

Read more:
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/texas-data-centers-local-governments-power/

#NoWaterForDatacenters #DatacenterResistance #NoWaterForAI #NoEnergyForAI #AISucks #WaterIsLife #USPol #TexasPol #ResistAI #ResistDatacenters

There was a buzz going around the combine about what the #Texans will do in free agency and the draft this offseason.

Here’s what I heard and learned about those plans. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texans/article/nfl-combine-free-agency-draft-21942430.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral via @HoustonChron@twitter.com

The #Texans mutually parted ways with QB Jerrod Johnson, a source told the @HoustonChron@twitter.com .

Expect Jerry Schuplinski to have QBs coach added to his title.

NEW: The #Texans unveil renderings of proposed new team headquarters in Bridgeland area Wednesday.

Here's how it will look, what it will include, as well as where it'll be. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texans/article/new-headquarters-bridgeland-renderings-location-21940436.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral via @HoustonChron@twitter.com