Texas enacts data center moratorium by...?

This event tracks whether the State of Texas will enact a binding statewide moratorium on new data centers (or those above 100 MW capacity) by specific deadline dates.

How the outcomes relate

The event consists of time-based threshold markets with expanding deadline dates. Because enacting a moratorium before an earlier deadline also satisfies later deadlines, more than one market can resolve Yes.

How it resolves

A market resolves to Yes if Texas enacts a statutory or constitutional provision establishing a mandatory statewide moratorium on new data centers by 11:59 PM ET on the specified date. The moratorium must generally prohibit or suspend approval, permitting, construction, grid interconnection, or operation of all new facilities or those over 100 MW. Executive orders, agency rules, local bans, incentive suspensions, or discretionary agency authority do not qualify. Resolution is determined by enactment date, not effective date. Otherwise, the market resolves to No.

Key dates

• First deadline: Dec 31, 2026 — 11:59 PM ET
• Second deadline: Jun 30, 2027 — 11:59 PM ET

Resolution source

Official information from the state government of Texas, or a consensus of credible reporting.

AI-generated analysis · google/gemini-3.7-flash · 17 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC