2026-09-14T21:26:55.917Z / 路透社
作者：莱拉·基尼
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2025年9月23日，美国得克萨斯州阿比林，记者在参观OpenAI数据中心期间拍摄的在建数据中心钢结构框架。路透社/谢尔比·陶贝尔/ pooled/档案照片
纽约9月14日 路透电 – 作为全球人工智能基础设施增长最快的地区之一，得克萨斯州州长周一指示州监管机构对未披露用水细节的数据中心处以处罚。
此前，得克萨斯州已暂停新数据中心接入州电网的申请，等待对这些设施的电力和用水等问题进行审查，目前该州正对数据中心的监管方式进行全面改革。
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州长格雷格·阿博特指示得克萨斯州水利发展委员会对数据中心及其他大型用水主体“采取法律制裁措施”，以促使其遵守用水报告要求。
阿博特的办公室在一份声明中表示：“包括数据中心在内的主要用水方，似乎因未向得克萨斯州水利发展委员会提交必要的用水信息，而犯下了民事和刑事违规行为。”
得克萨斯州水务监管机构正试图对数据中心的用水情况和预计消耗量展开调查。若数据中心未在截止日期前提交调查回复，其申请新的或续期的设施环境许可将被驳回。
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Texas moves to penalize data centers for water violations
2026-09-14T21:26:55.917Z / Reuters
By Laila Kearney
September 14, 2026 9:26 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
The steel frame of data centers under construction during a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool/File Photo
NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The governor of Texas, one of the world’s fastest-growing regions for artificial intelligence infrastructure, directed state regulators on Monday to penalize data centers that fail to disclose details about their water consumption.
Texas, which halted the connection of new data centers to the state electrical grid pending a review of the facilities’ power and water use, among other issues, is undergoing an overhaul of the way it regulates the server warehouses.
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Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Water Development Board to “impose legal consequences” on data centers and other large water-consuming entities to comply with water use reporting requirements.
“Major water users, including data centers, appear to have committed civil and criminal violations through failure to provide TWDB with required information about water usage,” Abbott’s office said in a statement.
The Texas water regulator is attempting to survey data centers about their water use and expected consumption. If the data center fails to return the survey by the deadline, it will be denied new or renewed environmental permitting needed for the facilities.
Reporting by Laila Kearney in New York, Editing by Franklin Paul
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