Texas officials are promising tougher enforcement on data centers, but the existing law may offer limited leverage over the industry that has largely failed to report its water use.

How data centers affect local water supplies and water quality. Learn about cooling towers, blowdown, glycol risks, and steps communities can demand.

Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.