AustinOver 15 data center permits advanced during Abbott’s freeze.
Abbott’s office denies approving any, and Public Citizen says the regulator’s own database shows otherwise.
The state environmental regulator issued air-emission certificates to a Houston data center and fast-tracked gas plants for over a dozen projects.
Public Citizen’s Kathryn Guerra said the agency’s data indicates “business as usual for data centers.”
Abbott has ordered the state’s water and electric agencies to audit every project, with 200 more planned.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media leans critical
- counts TCEQ data-center permit activity (15 to 35 permits) since Abbott's pause call, and ties it to $9M in developer donations to Abbott
Sources: 404 Media