State representative urges pause on hyperscale data-center approvals, cites rural impacts
State Representative Helen Kerwin told the Johnson County Commissioners Court that hyperscale data-center growth in Texas has accelerated and urged a pause to study water, power and local-control impacts for rural counties; she said she wrote the governor requesting action to allow guideline development before additional approvals.
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State Representative Helen Kerwin (House District 58) used the court's public-participation slot on March 9 to warn local officials about rapid expansion of hyperscale data centers across Texas and to seek county support for a statewide pause to allow study and rulemaking. "Over the weekend, I wrote a letter to the governor asking for immediate an immediate either an executive order or a committee or whatever he can do, where we can pause these until we get appropriate studies done," Kerwin said.
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