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As the United States races to build thousands of new data centers to power artificial intelligence (AI), rural communities and state officials in Texas and beyond are sounding alarms over the strain on local resources and infrastructure.
With more than 1,500 new facilities in various stages of development nationwide. Texas leads with around 140 new projects, closely followed by Virginia with 136, according to a Pew Research survey published in April.
In fact, the Lone Star State is quickly becoming the main battleground for legal and legislative challenges to proposed data center projects, which often promise economic benefits but face mounting local resistance over noise disruption, massive electricity and water demands, and the conversion of prime farmland to industrial use.
Officials in Wise County, located just northwest of Fort Worth, have called on lawmakers in Austin to establish safeguards that would rein in development of any future data centers or allow county governments to take action instead. The Texas Legislature is expected to take up the resolution when it convenes in January 2027.
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With more than 1,500 new facilities in various stages of development nationwide. Texas leads with around 140 new projects, closely followed by Virginia with 136, according to a Pew Research survey published in April.
In fact, the Lone Star State is quickly becoming the main battleground for legal and legislative challenges to proposed data center projects, which often promise economic benefits but face mounting local resistance over noise disruption, massive electricity and water demands, and the conversion of prime farmland to industrial use.
Officials in Wise County, located just northwest of Fort Worth, have called on lawmakers in Austin to establish safeguards that would rein in development of any future data centers or allow county governments to take action instead. The Texas Legislature is expected to take up the resolution when it convenes in January 2027.
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'Time for a temporary moratorium': US citizens, state officials sound alarm on AI data centers
As the United States races to build thousands of new data centers to power artificial intelligence, rural communities and state officials in Texas and beyond are sounding alarms over the strain on
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