Young County Commissioners Court receives the Project Saltworks tax abatement application and ratifies a developer funded escrow for consultants
Young County Commissioners Court formally received a tax abatement application from Headwaters Site Development for the Project Saltworks data center campus at the courthouse in Graham on August 10th, 2026. That agenda item required no vote, and County Judge Win Graham said he would hand the application to the county clerk so it becomes a public document. Commissioners did vote to ratify a separate escrow agreement under which the developer puts up 250,000 dollars to pay for the county's outside consultants while it evaluates the project. Residents used public comment to ask the court to slow down and wait for the Legislature before granting any incentive. Commissioner Alan Craig said the application contained no specifics and that the court would know more when it convenes again on August 17th.
How to take part
The Commissioners Court meets in open session at the Young County Courthouse in Graham and takes public comment before acting. Residents used that period at the August 10th meeting to press commissioners on roads, water, emergency services and environmental studies. The abatement application is now a public document held by the county clerk.
Where
1 county. In Young, which is in no metropolitan or micropolitan area.
Timeline
- filed
County received Headwaters Site Development's tax abatement application for Project Saltworks and voted 5 to 0 to ratify the escrow agreement
- hearing
Commissioners Court reconvenes to begin considering the abatement request, per Commissioner Alan Craig
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The county still received the application on August 10th with no vote taken on it, and the 5 to 0 escrow ratification still stands. Whether the court began considering the abatement when it reconvened on August 17th is unconfirmed.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. The county still received the abatement application on August 10th with no vote taken on it, and the 5 to 0 escrow ratification still stands. Whether the court took the abatement up when it reconvened on August 17th is still unconfirmed.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. The Project Saltworks abatement application is still with Young County and no vote on it has been posted. The escrow the court ratified to pay outside consultants is still the only thing decided.
- 2026-09-01
Young County still has the Saltworks abatement application and its developer-funded consulting escrow before it.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
Young County has the Project Saltworks application in hand and the escrow for its consultants is still ratified. No abatement has been voted.
- 2026-09-08
Young County still holds the Project Saltworks application without acting on it, and the developer funded escrow for consultants is still the only ratified step.
- 2026-09-09
Young County has taken no further action on the Project Saltworks abatement. The application is still with the commissioners court.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
The Young County abatement application is still received rather than decided, and the escrow that pays the county's consultants is still ratified. No vote on the abatement itself has been noticed.
- 2026-09-19
The abatement application is still before the court with the consultants' escrow ratified, and no decision has been reached on it.
- 2026-09-23
Young County is still holding the abatement application, with the escrow ratified and no vote taken.
- 2026-09-26
Young County still holds the Project Saltworks application. The consultant escrow is ratified and the court has not voted on the abatement.
- 2026-09-29
The Project Saltworks abatement application is still with Young County. The escrow for consultants is ratified and no abatement vote has been taken.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
GRAHAM — Young County Commissioners took another step toward negotiations over the proposed Project Saltworks data center campus on Aug. 10, formally receiving a tax abatement application from the project's developer while opponents again urged county officials to slow down or reject incentives altogether.County Votes on Data Center Abatement | Olney Enterprise Journalism · olneyenterprise.com
Commissioners did vote 5-0 to ratify a separate escrow agreement under which Headwaters will provide $250,000 to cover the county's costs for consultants as it evaluates the project.County Votes on Data Center Abatement | Olney Enterprise Journalism · olneyenterprise.com
The receipt of the abatement application does not mean commissioners have approved a tax abatement for Project Saltworks.County Votes on Data Center Abatement | Olney Enterprise Journalism · olneyenterprise.com
"There's no meat in the sandwich right now," he said. "That will likely change starting next Monday."County Votes on Data Center Abatement | Olney Enterprise Journalism · olneyenterprise.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
Young County Commissioners Court formally received a tax abatement application from Headwaters Site Development for the Project Saltworks data center campus at the courthouse in Graham on August 10th, 2026. That agenda item required no vote, and County Judge Win Graham said he would hand the application to the county clerk so it becomes a public document. Commissioners did vote to ratify a separate escrow agreement under which the developer puts up 250,000 dollars to pay for the county's outside consultants while it evaluates the project. Residents used public comment to ask the court to slow down and wait for the Legislature before granting any incentive. Commissioner Alan Craig said the application contained no specifics and that the court would know more when it convenes again on August 17th.
Who decides it?
Young County Commissioners Court decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The Commissioners Court meets in open session at the Young County Courthouse in Graham and takes public comment before acting. Residents used that period at the August 10th meeting to press commissioners on roads, water, emergency services and environmental studies. The abatement application is now a public document held by the county clerk.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Young County.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 17th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 10th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
One source backs it.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Young County Commissioners Court receives the Project Saltworks tax abatement application and ratifies a developer funded escrow for consultants. Tracked since August 10th, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0042/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0042.
Beat
Filed under Data centers, with every other decision on that beat.