Texas Built the Datacenter Boom. Now It's Auditing the Deal.

Texas tax breaks for datacenters have ballooned from $14.6 million to a projected $3.3 billion, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's legislative review isn't a threat to the boom; it's the price of it. Developers who've already locked in benchmarks like Taylor's 5-million-gallon-per-building cap won't sweat the audit, but those who haven't are now racing a tightening clock.