🌱 How a Shenandoah-based data giant is reshaping Texas water and power rules

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Shenandoah-based data giant is reshaping Texas water and power rules

Also on today's calendar: Flip Circus and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, a t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 84, low: 54.
• Sunday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage (thedriller.com) — A major data center developer headquartered in Shenandoah is helping shape how the state manages water use and power connections for massive new facilities. At a recent Texas House hearing, industry leaders touted new cooling systems that sharply cut water consumption and debated how to fairly connect huge data centers to the ERCOT grid under Senate Bill 6. The outcome could influence future jobs, infrastructure spending, and economic growth tied to Shenandoah’s own data center company.
   

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📸 Around Shenandoah

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shenandoah

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Paige Lewis Music
  The Tournament Course at the The Woodlands Country Club, 1730 S Millbend Dr, The Woodlands
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Museum OPEN 10:00am-5:00pm
  The Woodlands Children's Museum The Woodlands Children’s Museum
  8:00 am
• Self-Care Saturday
  The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce , 14368 Perry Road , Conroe
  8:30 am
• Flip Circus
  Hurricane Harbor Splashtown , 21300 Interstate 45 N , Spring
  7:00 pm
• Senior Prom
  Oak Ridge H S , 1601 Lake Robbins Dr , The Woodlands
  7:30 pm
• Scott McGill
  LUCY BLUES , 711 Madeley St , Conroe
  8:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Ribbon Cutting - Woodlands Cancer Institute - Radiation
  Woodlands Cancer Institute - Radiation , 18354 Interstate 45 South, Suite 120 , The Woodlands
  5:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Self-Care Saturday
  The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce , 14368 Perry Road , Conroe
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Author Visit with Barbara Belzer Adams who will read Who’s a Good Duck?
  The Woodlands Children's Museum The Woodlands Children’s Museum
  11:00 am
• Oak Ridge JV Softball @ The Woodlands
  5FVV+PV The Woodlands High School , 6101 Research Forest Dr , The Woodlands
  4:30 pm
• Kid's Night Out
  The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce , 26400 Kuykendahl Rd #C190 , The Woodlands
  5:30 pm
• Friday Night FUN
  Flips Gymnastics , 27320 Robinson Rd , Oak Ridge North
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

The Woodlands

• The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival announces dates for 2027 Show (hellowoodlands.com)
• LGI Homes Expands into Sherman, Texas, with Grand Opening of Sherman Heights (nationaltoday.com)
• The Pro Pacing and Positioning Strategies to Watch Early in Saturday's Ironman Texas (triathlete.com)

Spring

• Trader Joe's coming to new part of town (khou.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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