ERCOT data obtained by the Houston Chronicle reveals the Texas counties where five or more large data centers are seeking to connect to the state’s power grid.

Meta and Associated Builders and Contractors have entered into a partnership to invest $115 million in training programs for the construction of AI data centers, with a portion of the project launching in Houston.

Texas is poised to become the world's largest data center market in the next four years, according to the Data Center Coalition. But the vast expansion of data centers in the state has drawn growing concerns from residents and elected officials in the greater Houston-area suburbs.

The order marks the first time the Republican governor has sought to put limits on the explosive growth of data centers.

Is Houston ready for the AI boom?

Data centers continue to pop-up around Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Industry experts and environmental advocates weighed in on their water and energy consumption.

Texas' AI boom is colliding with an oil industry wastewater crisis. State leaders and industry increasingly see each problem as the solution to the other.

Fisk Electric will work on a facility in Houston that fabricates data center infrastructure components and artificial intelligence-related hardware, according to the contractor.

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Houston-area residents cite the large electricity demands of data centers as their top concern, reflecting anxiety about the Texas grid and rising power bills.