Coverage of Texas’s data center boom looks at how Governor Greg Abbott’s pause on new permits is reshaping the outlook for the country’s most active data center market ahead of the November midterms. Developers and lenders are weighing what added scrutiny means for projects in the state.

DataBank CEO Raul Martynek is among the industry voices featured. DataBank has already developed nearly 350 megawatts of data center capacity in Texas, enough to power almost 90,000 homes, and it continues to pursue new projects in the state, including the new Red Oak campus.

Martynek expects Texas to remain a top destination for new facilities despite the added scrutiny and the long queue to connect to the grid. He also sees the audit process weeding out more speculative developers who request large amounts of power without the capacity to complete their projects.

The article notes that Texas has more data center projects in progress than any other state, and that it can add more grid capacity than any other region in the U.S.

Read the full article at Bloomberg.