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Fort Worth City Council unanimously began a 90 day data center moratorium and adopted grid filing requirements over one dissent

Land, water and permittingFort Worth City CouncilTarrantPublic meeting

The Fort Worth City Council took three data center votes on August 11th, 2026. Members unanimously approved the first steps toward a 90 day moratorium on accepting, processing and approving new data center applications inside the city. Two further items passed over a single dissent. One creates a Data Center and Infrastructure Commission. The other amends the city code so applicants must document their filings for connection to the Texas grid. The pause is not in force yet. Under the city timeline it takes effect on February 16th after public hearings and further votes, and zoning applications filed before then stay outside it.

How to take part

The moratorium requires further public hearings and votes before adoption, so residents can speak at the scheduled Fort Worth City Council hearings ahead of the second reading. The newly created commission adds a second public body to address.

Where to do it

Where

1 county. In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.

Timeline

  1. ordered

    council votes on the moratorium process, the commission and the code amendment

  2. Today
  3. effective

    date the 90 day pause would take effect if adopted after public hearings

    138 days out

How this decision moved

One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.

  1. 2026-08-19

    Checked and unchanged. The 90 day pause still takes effect February 16th and only after public hearings and further votes.

  2. 2026-08-22

    Checked and unchanged. The council's August 11th votes still stand. They include the requirement that a data center application carry proof that the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT have approved its grid connection.

  3. 2026-08-25

    Checked and unchanged. Still open, with no dated movement.

  4. 2026-08-28

    Checked and unchanged. Fort Worth's moratorium on accepting and processing new data center applications is still running, and the grid filing requirements adopted with it still apply. The city has posted no early lift.

  5. 2026-09-01

    Fort Worth's moratorium and grid-filing direction remain active while permanent data-center rules are still in development.

  6. 2026-09-02

    Checked and unchanged. Still open, with no dated movement.

  7. 2026-09-05

    Fort Worth's moratorium is still running and the grid filing requirements adopted with it are still in force. No extension has been voted.

  8. 2026-09-08

    Fort Worth's data center moratorium is still running and the grid filing requirements adopted with it are still in force.

  9. 2026-09-09

    Fort Worth's data center moratorium is still running and the grid filing rules the council adopted alongside it are still in force.

  10. 2026-09-12

    Checked and unchanged. Still open, with no dated movement.

  11. 2026-09-13

    Checked and unchanged. Still open, with no dated movement.

  12. 2026-09-16

    Fort Worth's moratorium is still running and the grid filing requirements adopted alongside it are still in force. No extension and no early lift has been noticed.

  13. 2026-09-19

    The moratorium is still running and the grid filing requirements adopted with it are still in force.

  14. 2026-09-23

    Fort Worth's pause is still running and its grid filing requirements still apply to anything filed during it.

  15. 2026-09-26

    Fort Worth's moratorium is still running, and its grid filing requirements still apply to what is filed in the meantime.

  16. 2026-09-29

    Fort Worth's data center moratorium is in effect, and anyone filing in the meantime still owes the grid information the council adopted.

The evidence

Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.

the first steps to initiate a 90-day moratorium on accepting, processing and approving new applications for data centers
Fort Worth City Council approves steps to start moratorium process on data centers | Community Impact Journalism · communityimpact.com
If a moratorium is ultimately approved, the 90-day pause will take effect Feb. 16, after public hearings have been held and votes taken as required by state law and reports and studies from the city's Data Center & Infrastructure Committee have been submitted to Fort Worth officials.
Data center moratorium takes first steps after Fort Worth City Council's unanimous vote | KERA News Journalism · keranews.org

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?

The Fort Worth City Council took three data center votes on August 11th, 2026. Members unanimously approved the first steps toward a 90 day moratorium on accepting, processing and approving new data center applications inside the city. Two further items passed over a single dissent. One creates a Data Center and Infrastructure Commission. The other amends the city code so applicants must document their filings for connection to the Texas grid. The pause is not in force yet. Under the city timeline it takes effect on February 16th after public hearings and further votes, and zoning applications filed before then stay outside it.

Who decides it?

Fort Worth City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.

Can the public take part?

The moratorium requires further public hearings and votes before adoption, so residents can speak at the scheduled Fort Worth City Council hearings ahead of the second reading. The newly created commission adds a second public body to address.

Where in Texas does it apply?

It covers Tarrant County in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area.

Has it been decided?

Its status on the record is open.

What happens next?

The next dated step is effective, on February 16th, in 138 days.

When did it start?

The earliest date on its record is August 11th, 2026.

What kind of decision is it?

It is filed under land, water and permitting.

What sources back it?

Two sources back 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, Fort Worth City Council unanimously began a 90 day data center moratorium and adopted grid filing requirements over one dissent. Tracked since August 11th, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0062/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0062.

Beat

Filed under Land, water and permitting, with every other decision on that beat.

Last checked 2026-09-29