They're draining Texas dry.It's your water.It's your air.It's your land.Fight to keep it.
Billion-dollar data centers are pumping Texas aquifers dry, fouling the air with diesel exhaust, and crushing property values with round-the-clock noise. We document who's doing it, where — and what landowners can do about it.
The damage
Three ways the data center boom is hurting Texas landowners
When a hyperscale facility moves in next door, the burdens can land on you while the benefits go elsewhere. Here is where the harm tends to show up.
By the numbers
The scale of the Texas data center rush
Texas is the nation's top target for new data centers. Here is how fast they are arriving — and where they are landing.
Where they're going — 187 planned facilities by region
The investigation
News & guides for Texas property owners
Research & studies
The evidence, gathered in one place
A curated library of the peer-reviewed studies and agency reports on how data centers affect health — noise, diesel emissions, water, and more. Each one links to the full text at its source.
Browse the researchBy location
Is a data center near you?
We track the Texas communities at the front lines of the data center fight. Find yours.