Texas set guardrails for data center power, and most of them are arguments land teams used to fight alone at county hearings.

What you'll walk away with:

• What the new requirements ask a project to carry
• Why curtailment and closed-loop water made the list
• How cost causation keeps large load taking the blame for bills
• What utility transparency would do for the narrative

Why it matters: Every requirement written into state guidance is one less thing to defend in front of the commissioners.