# Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits; also, is the future of data centers portable?

An episode of [TechCrunch Startup News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1145974783), 5 Aug 2026, 8:29.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/AIRWV1769642767.mp3

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused new data center development until an audit has been completed. Also, on Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runware announced the launch of its own modular data center called Sonic Inference Pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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