Austin, Aug. 10 -- New data centers are being paused in Texas, as Greg Abbott, the 48th Governor of Texas, announced the state is moving to implement stricter operational requirements on incoming facilities amid an ongoing wave of corporate relocations.

In a statement on X, the governor declared that new data centers must now disclose their plans to "pay their own way, provide their own power, reuse their own water, reduce the cost of electricity, and avoid disturbing local neighborhoods."

Addressing the broader economic landscape in a blog post in April of this year, Abbott connected the regulatory shift to a multi-year influx of out-of-state businesses.

"Since 2020, more than 100 companies have relocated to Texas. A whopping 40 per c...