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Critics say the governor must call legislators to Austin to pass state laws regulating data centers.

On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.

While a new state law partly limits data center groundwater use, in reality, data centers avoid water permits entirely by buying water from utilities. Residents are demanding answers in communities like Luther and Yukon.

When a water well in western Kansas was measured in 1966, the water table was about 95 feet below the ground. When it was measured in January, water was 157 feet deep - a decline of just over 60 feet in 60 years. What's happening in the Ogallala Aquifer?

Hill County commissioners' split vote to issue a moratorium appears to be a first in Texas.

The cities of Hays and Russell near an inflection point in their quest to import badly needed water

Almost all of Colorado is experiencing drought after a record-dry winter and the impacts are already starting to show in agricultural communities.

Across the central U.S., nitrate from crop fertilizer and livestock facilities is seeping into water underground. Many family wells are no longer safe to drink from without pricey treatment.

The extra $25 million for the Kansas Water Plan would come from the State General Fund.

Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world's shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.