The Lone Star State is rapidly becoming ground zero for the battle over AI data centers.
With what one county commissioner has called “limited regulations, limited enforcement [and] limited code,” Texas has seen a boom in proposed data centers, primarily in unzoned, unincorporated rural areas.
But residents in counties where data centers are being built have become more vocal in their opposition, particularly as projects are coming with little public input or legislative oversight.
On May 12, commissioners in Hill County, approximately 55 miles south of Fort Worth, voted 3-2 to approve a one-year pause on the construction of new data centers in unincorporated areas. The vote is believed to be the first by any Texas county to issue a moratorium on the rapid expansion of data centers across the state.
But this battle isn’t limited to just one county.
Here are four things you need to know about the standoff over data centers in Texas.
Ian M. Giatti is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: [email protected].
