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Texas reportedly freezes data-center permits

Permitting is presented as a constraint on the expansion of computing infrastructure.

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Claim

The newsletter reports a Texas data-center permit freeze putting nearly 50 gigawatts of planned capacity at risk.

Reported metric: nearly 50 GW

Reporting date: 2026-09-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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Texas

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Politics becomes infrastructure

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Texas reportedly freezes data-center permits
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-09-24
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-24-texas-permit-freeze
Claim: The newsletter reports a Texas data-center permit freeze putting nearly 50 gigawatts of planned capacity at risk.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to September 24, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-24-2026
- Source linked by the September 24 issue — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/texas-governor-abbott-ai-data-center-permits.html
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