Data Centers

Fort Worth City Council will vote on a property tax cut for the center if it uses sustainable water and energy practices.

The town hall in south Fort Worth came after city leaders tabled a vote to approve additional acreage for Black Mountain data center.

Hood County commissioners voted down a second proposed moratorium on large-scale data centers and will ask the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify whether the county has legal authority to impose one.

HB 2559 raises questions about Hood County's authority to halt Al data centers as state lawmakers push back on local moratorium efforts.

The campus, planned for a roughly 37-acre patch of land on the east side of the city, would house three buildings each two stories high.

Residents once again packed the Hood County Commissioners Court meeting, raising environmental, water and land-use concerns over a proposed data center as officials debated their authority under state law.

With AI's rising popularity, Texas has seen tech companies invest millions into data centers. But experts warn the state is not capable of regulating the AI wave.

The project is at a scale of industrial development and investment unmatched in McLennan County’s history: acres of computer hardware, substations and a 1.2-gigawatt gas-fired plant capable of powering about 300,000 homes.

Supporters said Tuesday's vote to incorporate Mitchell Bend — population 600 — was one of their last options to try to control noise pollution coming from the nearby Bitcoin mine.

A federal court rejected Marathon Digital Holdings' request for a temporary restraining order against Mitchell Bend's incorporation election.