“Approximately 90 percent of the new power requests are data centers.” Dive Insight:The scale of Texas data center development “could endanger the reliability and stability of the Texas electric grid,” Abbott said in the letter. Whether data centers are bringing their own water and reusing their water “as opposed to using water needed by local communities.” The Data Center Coalition, which represents members of the data center industry, said it hopes Abbott’s audits “will help separate those who are responsible water and energy stewards from those who are not.” Virginia is the top U.S. state for data center development, followed by Texas.