Research & Insights
December 11, 2025 - White paper
Water Use Requirements for Data Centers in Texas: A White Paper on the Evolving Demands of Water Use in Data Center Infrastructure in Texas
This white paper highlights the growing water footprint of data centers, emphasizing that water is no longer a secondary input. It is now a central engineering, environmental, and policy challenge that will shape the future of sustainable digital infrastructure.
August 11, 2025 - Research Article
Geospatial Suitability Analysis for Data Center Placement: A Case Study in Texas
Mariam Arzumanyan, Edna Rodriguez Calzado, Ning Lin, Vaibhav Bahadur, Jani Das, Tingwei Lucy Ko, and Lars Koesterke present a geospatial suitability analysis for data center placement in Texas, integrating machine learning-based feature importance with a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach.
May, 2025 - White Paper
Data Center Growth in Texas: Energy, Infrastructure, and Policy Pathways
Ning Lin, Mariam Arzumanyan, Edna Rodriguez Calzado, Dean Foreman and Nur Schuba present a white paper on the Future of Digital Infrastructure and Energy Sustainability in Texas.
September, 2025 - Policy Explanation
COMPASS explain SB 6 - section-by-section
Texas’s rapid growth in large power loads demands a clear framework for planning and grid management. Senate Bill 6 (2025) begins to define how very large users connect to ERCOT, share costs, and support reliability—explained by COMPASS in plain language, section by section.
