# Are AI Data Centers Destroying Rural Texas? Water, Farms & Power with Clayton Tucker

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Podcast: [Soil Sisters: Rehabilitating Texas Farm and Ranch Land](https://stenobird.com/podcast/soil-sisters-rehabilitating-texas-farm-and-ranch-land-6836185)
Published: 2026-05-29T21:53:53+00:00
Episode link: https://txsoilsisters.co/podcast/clayton-tucker
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Former NSF water researcher, Texas Farmers Union secretary, and candidate for Texas Ag Commissioner, Clayton Tucker joins the Soil Sisters to discuss the rapid expansion of AI data centers across Texas—and why many farmers and rural communities are sounding the alarm. Tucker explains how large AI facilities are impacting water supplies, electricity prices, housing costs, health, and agricultural land in towns like Abilene and across rural Texas. The conversation explores concerns around power grid strain, backup generators, noise pollution and heat, effects on livestock, and the lack of transparency surrounding data center resource use.

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