Monday, November 2, 2026
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Researchers at UT Austin are exploring whether water produced during oil and gas extraction could be cleaned and reused for data center cooling.
Texas is seeing rapid growth in data centers. Researchers at UT Austin are looking at whether water produced during oil and gas extraction could be treated and used to cool these facilities.
The researchers hope the approach could help address concerns about water demand. It could also put water from oil and gas operations to productive use.
Written by The Alamo Republican from KXAN’s reporting, using only the facts in it. KXAN’s own headline: “Can data centers produce water instead of consuming it? UT researchers think so”
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