Austin City Council takes up a resolution to write data centers into a land development code that has no definition of one
Item 61 on the Austin City Council's regular meeting agenda for August 27th, 2026 asks the council to approve a resolution. It would initiate amendments to Title 25 of the City Code, the Land Development Code. The amendments would establish land uses and site development regulations and development processes for data center use in certain zoning districts. The same item covers business regulations and permit requirements for data center operations. The posted item carries no megawatt or square footage threshold and the agenda records the item as having no fiscal impact.
How to take part
Austin City Council regular meetings are open to the public and the city posts each item with its backup documents ahead of the meeting. Item 61 carries a draft resolution, a memo and two motion sheets as posted backup, so a reader can see the proposed text before the vote rather than after it.
Where
1 county. In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.
Timeline
- filed
Draft resolution and memo posted as agenda backup
- hearing
Regular council meeting carrying the item
- 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.
- 2026-08-27
Admitted as posted. The council has the item in front of it and the draft resolution is public, and no vote is recorded on the agenda page.
- 2026-08-30
Austin's resolution is unchanged. The land development code it would write data centers into still carries no definition of one.
- 2026-09-01
Austin's proposal to define and regulate data centers in its land code remains before the council.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
The resolution to write data centers into Austin's land development code was posted for the August 27th council meeting with two motion sheets filed against it. The city's agenda page does not publish what the council did with it, so the outcome is unconfirmed here.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Approve a resolution initiating amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development Code) and other provisions of City Code or regulations necessary to establish land uses, site development regulations, and development processes, for data center use in certain zoning districts and to develop business regulations and permit requirements applicable to data center operations.City of Austin, City Council regular meeting agenda, August 27th 2026, Item 61 Primary source, official · austintexas.gov
Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.City of Austin, City Council regular meeting agenda, August 27th 2026, Item 61 funding line Primary source, official · austintexas.gov
20260827-061, Agenda Backup: Draft Resolution , PDF, 766 KB, posted 8/21/2026City of Austin, City Council regular meeting agenda, August 27th 2026, Item 61 backup list Primary source, official · austintexas.gov
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?
Item 61 on the Austin City Council's regular meeting agenda for August 27th, 2026 asks the council to approve a resolution. It would initiate amendments to Title 25 of the City Code, the Land Development Code. The amendments would establish land uses and site development regulations and development processes for data center use in certain zoning districts. The same item covers business regulations and permit requirements for data center operations. The posted item carries no megawatt or square footage threshold and the agenda records the item as having no fiscal impact.
Who decides it?
Austin City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
Austin City Council regular meetings are open to the public and the city posts each item with its backup documents ahead of the meeting. Item 61 carries a draft resolution, a memo and two motion sheets as posted backup, so a reader can see the proposed text before the vote rather than after it.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Travis 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 27th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is August 21st, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
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 5th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Austin City Council takes up a resolution to write data centers into a land development code that has no definition of one. Tracked since August 21st, 2026. Last verified September 5th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0106/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0106.
Beat
Filed under Data centers, with every other decision on that beat.