Moratorium tracker

Data center moratoriums in Texas

4 moratorium actions in 2 jurisdictions in Texas, newest first: 2 adopted, extended or announced, 2 rejected, lifted or set aside. Each entry links to its source.

Is there a data center moratorium in Texas?

Statewide: Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to stop approving environmental permits for data centers until ERCOT and the Texas Water Development Board complete their audits, broadening his August 2026 moratorium on grid-connection approvals to cover environmental permitting (Sep 21, 2026, per The Texas Tribune). Statewide: Gov. Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on data center approvals until regulatory agencies can audit data center proposals that seek to connect to the state's electric grid (Aug 2026, per The Texas Tribune). Hood County twice declined to adopt a data center moratorium (Feb 2026).

Statuses are as of each source’s date; check with the jurisdiction before relying on one.

Moratorium actions: 4
Jurisdictions: 2
Adopted, extended or announced: 2
Rejected, lifted or set aside: 2

Every tracked Texas moratorium

Jurisdiction	Action	Length	What the source says
Texas Texas · state	Adopted Sep 21, 2026	—	Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to stop approving environmental permits for data centers until ERCOT and the Texas Water Development Board complete their audits, broadening his August 2026 moratorium on grid-connection approvals to cover environmental permitting. The Texas Tribune Source excerpt “Data centers must pay their own way, protect our grid and water and complete the ERCOT and TWDB audits.”
Texas Texas · state	Announced Aug 2026	—	Gov. Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on data center approvals until regulatory agencies can audit data center proposals that seek to connect to the state's electric grid. The Texas Tribune Source excerpt “Amid growing public backlash to the rapid buildout of data centers across Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced a moratorium on the approval of data centers until regulatory agencies can audit proposed data centers seeking connection to the state's electric grid.”
Hood County Texas · county	Rejected Feb 2026	six months	Proposed six-month moratorium covering new industrial permits, such as those for data centers and factories. KERA News Source excerpt “the six-month moratorium on new industrial permits, including data centers and factories, 3-2”
Hood County Texas · county	Rejected Feb 2026	—	Proposal would have paused new large-scale development for a time so county leaders could study impacts on water, infrastructure and public health; per the headline, the county instead sought an attorney general's opinion on its authority. KERA News Source excerpt “temporarily halted new large-scale development while county leaders studied potential impacts on water, infrastructure and public health”

Dates are the date of the vote or order where the source gives one; otherwise the entry shows when it was reported. Lengths, end dates and scope appear only where the cited source states them. Expand any row for a verbatim excerpt from its source.

Tracked projects in these jurisdictions

Project	Status	Jurisdiction and action
Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX	Approved	Hood County: rejected Feb 2026

Matched by county, city or the project a source names. Being inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered; many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide. Some entries above note an exemption their source reports; check each entry’s source for others.

Moratorium actions in Texas project records

Date	Action	Project
Feb 10, 2026	Commissioners reject six-month moratorium 3-2 KERA News	Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX
Feb 2026	Commissioners reject second moratorium 3-2 and seek Attorney General opinion on authority KERA News	Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX

Permanent rules in Texas

Texas: Senate Bill 6 (89th Legislature): large electrical loadsin effect · Jun 2025

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Texas data center moratoriums: common questions

Is there a data center moratorium in Texas?

How many Texas communities have paused data centers?

No local government in Texas has adopted a data center pause in the tracker; Hood County rejected proposed pauses. The statewide action is described above. The tracker lists actions confirmed in a published notice or news report, so it is a floor rather than a complete census.

Know of a Texas moratorium we’re missing? Email corrections@datacentercensus.com with a link to the official notice or a report.

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Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APA	`Data Center Census. (2026). Data center moratoriums in Texas. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/texas`
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