Industry Research, Data and Updates

One role of Save Rural Texas is to keep our rural voters informed with current, real-world examples of how data centers and related projects are affecting water, land, and communities. Review some of the latest updates below and send us your articles & videos too.

LATEST RESEARCH, ARTICLES, REELS...

THIS WEEK:

PUC TEXAS RATE HIKE: SIGN OPPOSITION LETTER BY MAY 17!!!

Fast-tracking battery storage facilities &b new transmission lines, increasing your electricity prices.

https://speak4.app/lp/qj01fsqq

CYRUSONE NEARS $1 BILLION REFINANCING DEAL FOR NORTH TEXAS DATA CENTER

May 2026

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1561343225992955&set=a.533658355428119&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=pzJEMX48jsNuDN4Q&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F18dzaQvjbP%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr

FANNIN CTY RESOLVES ISSUES WITH SAVOY BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) SITE

May 2026

https://www.kten.com/news/texas-headlines/fannin-county-resolves-issues-with-savoy-battery-storage-facility/article_f7669d75-d08d-4fd0-8a1e-bdc10dca82c5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

PROTECT AMERICAN FARM / RANCH LAND IN TEXAS, JOHN RICH HELP

May 3, 2026

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143363750818696/permalink/1528182275670173/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=T9sSrtVt4fD6Qqvf

CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM CONTAMINATION, JEN BELT

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2038327757106940

PREVIOUS WEEKS

• Governor Abbott, Texas $1 billion in water grants (April 14, 2026)
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1493031369143608&id=100053102782535&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=aRBdkBV7PAndYdem

• Resident in Wisconsin exposes water damage due to data center Wisconsin Senate hearing
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXIOYvoCObM/?igsh=aG8weDZpbzljNWJ6

• Texas gives data centers $1 billion in tax breaks – Houston Post
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1367532768738411&id=100064451031470&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=xb8gCd9MAZcUQJjh

• Ohio fights data centers via constitutional amendment
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1974333450188406

• Moratorium on data centers – Paul Rivera
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1430097508740400

• Fighting Google’s water guzzling data center
https://www.facebook.com/reel/816726140925650

• EMF hazard to hearing in humans and wildlife harm – Citizens for Responsible Growth in Leon County
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2363996540769851

• TX State Affairs Committee Hearing on Data Centers – Texas Coalition Against Data Centers – Miriam Cobb
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2008215246720121/permalink/2032976024244043/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=4O37nrUFgT2vZAa5

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Dr. Aris Thorne

Water Specialist

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Lydia Ramirez

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Samuel West, MA

Fiscal Policy Advisor

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