“The failure of some data centers to comply with the PUC’s survey measuring water and power usage under the General Appropriations Act makes this necessary,” he wrote. Source: Electric Reliability Council of Texas, “ERCOT Update,” presentation by ERCOT President and CEO Pablo Vegas to the Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, July 29, 2026. The facility will use air cooling instead of evaporative cooling, eliminating the cooling-tower water withdrawals typically associated with large data centers and limiting water use to domestic purposes. However, Compass Data Centers offered a sharper critique of the process. Courtesy: Electric Reliability Council of Texas, “ERCOT Update,” presentation by ERCOT President and CEO Pablo Vegas to the Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, July 29, 2026.