Commitment to Texas data center standards
Company: CleanSpark
The claim, verbatim
CleanSpark committed to comply with new Texas data center standards, including requirements to disclose taxpayer-funded incentives, projected electricity demand, water sources and usage, and effects on neighboring properties.
Source (primary)
Google, Rowan And CleanSpark Commit To Texas Data Center Standards Under Gov. Abbott - Dallas Express (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The governor's office said Google, Rowan, and CleanSpark have committed to the standards and guidelines. Each has publicly confirmed their support of Abbott's directive”
How we checked this
Checked on September 19, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states the governor's office said Google, Rowan, and CleanSpark committed to the standards, and separately lists those standards as requiring disclosure of taxpayer-funded incentives, electricity demand, water sources/use, and effects on neighboring properties.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark committed to comply with the new Texas data center standards
- The Texas standards require developers to disclose taxpayer-funded incentives and other public financial assistance
- The standards require disclosure of projected electricity demand
- The standards require information about water sources and projected water use
- The standards require developers to address potential effects on surrounding property owners
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://dallasexpress.com/state/google-rowan-and-cleanspark-commit-to-texas-data-center-standards-under-gov-abbott/) in full (10,892 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Google, Rowan And CleanSpark Commit To Texas Data Center Standards Under Gov. Abbott - Dallas Express
Quote: “The governor's office said Google, Rowan, and CleanSpark have committed to the standards and guidelines. Each has publicly confirmed their support of Abbott's directive”