Greg Abbott R

Governor, Texas. 354 tracked projects are located in Texas, which this official represents.

Outgoing: lost the 2026 general election to Gina Hinojosa and leaves office in January 2027. Source

"Data centers must pay their own way, protect our grid and water, and complete the ERCOT and TWDB audits. Until they do, TCEQ will issue no permits sought by data center projects."

Source: Governor press release, Sep 21, 2026

Sourced jobs at sites they represent

Site	Construction jobs	Permanent
Microsoft Pecos Data Center Campus	more than 6,000
QTS-Lancium Hall County Data Center Campus	6,000 to 7,000	350
Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus	4,000	300
Meta Fort Worth Data Center	1,200	more than 200
Meta Temple Data Center	1,200	about 100
OpenAI and SoftBank Freebird (Milam County)		about 400
Eneus Energy RGV Data Center (Harlingen)		360
Core Scientific Denton		300
Hut 8 Beacon Point AI Campus		approximately 230
Rowan Project Temple		120
Bitdeer Rockdale Facility		more than 100
CleanSpark Austin County AI Data Center Campus		about 100
Nexus Hubbard Data Center & Power Campus		100 to 500
Crusoe Childress Data Center (Meta)		more than 100
Stargate Abilene		57

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