A coalition of civil rights organizations, rural advocates and community groups called Monday for Texas to pause and review water commitments tied to future data center projects, saying rapid development could add pressure to already limited supplies. The group, We the People Texas, announced its launch at the Texas Capitol and released what it described as public records showing additional data center developments and negotiations involving publicly owned water resources. Its members include the Texas NAACP, Save Rural Texas, the Texas Coalition Against Data Centers and Don’t Drain Texas. The coalition is asking for more disclosure about facilities’ water use and stronger oversight before projects move ahead. Members also want water planning to account for growing industrial demand. Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe said projected shortages should prompt state leaders to take a more cautious approach to approving large developments. He said residents should be involved in decisions that affect water availability, including in communities that may not yet feel the effects. Jet Parker, co-founder of Save Rural Texas, said residents in rural areas are concerned that development is moving faster than infrastructure and planning. She said the coalition is not opposing technology itself, but argues data centers could be located outside Texas if their water needs cannot be responsibly accommodated. The coalition’s concerns extend to local planning decisions. Phyllis Gant of the Lubbock NAACP said residents in her region gathered thousands of signatures seeking a pause on data center development. After an initial proposal ran into legal obstacles, she said organizers revised their approach and secured approval of a nine-month moratorium on new construction. Coalition members said they plan to help Texans track proposed developments, request public records and participate in local government meetings. Gant urged residents to research projects in their own communities and press local leaders for information. The group’s launch puts questions of water use and public accountability into the broader debate over the state’s expanding data center industry. Its call for a statewide pause is an advocacy demand; the coalition did not announce that state officials had adopted the proposal.