Hill County freezes data center growth with one-year moratorium
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Hill County, Texas’s commissioners voted 3-2 to impose a yearlong moratorium on data center and related power plant construction in unincorporated areas to slow rapid development and give lawmakers time to address concerns over water use, electric grid strain, and impacts on landowners, amid opposition from residents and threats of lawsuits from developers.
- ‘We’re gonna get sued.’ Texas county passes 1-year data center construction ban. Politico
- Texas county pauses data center construction in rural areas for a year The Texas Tribune
- Today on Texas Standard: A Texas county hits pause on the AI data center rush Texas Standard
- Texas Groundwater Conservation District Appeals to Legislature for Protection in Regulating Data Centers The Texan
- Henderson County calls for closer look at Texas data centers themonitor.net
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