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丹佛/纽约，9月21日（路透社）——得克萨斯州州长格雷格·阿博特周一下令该州环境机构暂停签发新的数据中心许可，直至监管机构完成对一批试图接入得州电网的高能耗数据中心的全面审计。
这位共和党州长对得克萨斯州环境质量委员会下达的指令，实质上冻结了所有面向数据中心开发商的州级许可审批。此前，这些开发商因得州电力资源充足、土地充裕且营商环境友好而蜂拥而至。
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自大约三年前人工智能热潮兴起以来，得克萨斯州已成为全球增长最快的数据枢纽之一。但公众对这类设施的强烈反对，以及对人工智能的广泛担忧，促使阿博特上月下令暂停新数据中心接入州电网，并启动对相关设施的审计。
在发布该指令时，已有超过470吉瓦的数据中心项目及其他大型电力用户排队等待接入电网——这一规模是该州峰值用电需求的五倍多。
负责运营该州电网的得克萨斯电力可靠性委员会目前正处于初步审计阶段，审计内容涵盖数据中心的电力使用、税收优惠及水资源消耗等多项指标。
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“简单来说，得州民众必须优先。”阿博特在一份声明中表示，“数据中心必须自负盈亏，保护我们的电网和水资源，并完成（审计）。”
越来越多曾竞相吸引数据中心投资、并宣扬其公共效益的州长，如今正收紧对这类项目的限制，以缓解选民对电价上涨及数据中心引发的环境问题的担忧，阿博特正是其中之一。
休斯顿大学能源研究员埃德·赫尔斯表示，阿博特正在“推翻他此前关于数据中心将降低电价的言论”。
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Texas Governor Abbott halts all state-issued permits for data centers until grid audit is complete
2026-09-21T20:53:01.09Z / Reuters
By Liz Hampton and Laila Kearney
September 21, 2026 8:53 PM UTC Updated 6 mins ago
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DENVER/NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday barred the state’s environmental agency from issuing new permits for data centers until regulators complete a massive audit of the energy-hungry facilities seeking to connect to the Texas electrical grid.
The Republican governor’s directive to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality effectively freezes all state-issued permits to data center developers, which had flocked to the region for its abundant electricity, land and pro-business reputation.
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Since the artificial intelligence boom began roughly three years ago, Texas has become one of the fastest-growing data hubs in the world. But intensifying public backlash over the facilities, and fears about AI more broadly, prompted Abbott last month to freeze the connection of new data centers to the state grid and order an audit of the facilities.
By the time of that directive, there were more than 470 gigawatts’ worth of data center projects and other large energy users in line to connect to the grid — more than five times the state’s peak demand.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state grid, is in the early stages of auditing data center power use, tax incentives and water consumption, among other factors.
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“Simply put, Texans must come first,” Abbott said in a statement. “Data centers must pay their own way, protect our grid and water, and complete the (audits).”
Abbott is among a swelling number of governors who once raced to attract data center investments — and touted their public benefit — but are now tightening restrictions on the developments to ease their constituents’ fears about rising power bills and environmental issues caused by the facilities.
Ed Hirs, an energy fellow at the University of Houston, said Abbott was walking back “his earlier pronouncements about data centers leading to lower electricity prices.”
Reporting by Liz Hampton in Denver and Laila Kearney in New York; Editing by David Gregorio and Aurora Ellis
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