Austin City Council takes up a resolution to amend the land code for data centers
A resolution on the Austin City Council's August 27th, 2026 agenda directs staff to begin amendments to City Code Title 25, the Land Development Code. The amendments would establish land uses, site development regulations and development processes for data center use in certain zoning districts. It also directs work on business regulations and permit requirements for data center operations. The item carries file number 26-2329 and no fiscal impact. The city's own legislative record still shows the item as agenda ready with no vote recorded against it, so nothing here says the council has acted.
How to take part
Austin City Council meets in open session and posts every agenda and each item's full text. A member of the public may sign up to speak on an agendaed item. A draft ordinance would come back to council for a separate decision before anything in the land development code changes.
Where
1 county. In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos.
Timeline
- filed
Item introduced, per the city's legislative record
- hearing
Regular council meeting the item was agendaed for
- 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.
- 2026-09-03
Admitted. The resolution directing staff to begin land development code amendments for data center use is on the council's August 27th, 2026 agenda with file number 26-2329. The city's own legislative record still carries the item as agenda ready with no date of passage, so nothing here says the council has acted.
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.Austin City Council regular meeting agenda, August 27, 2026 Primary source, official · austintexas.gov
Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.Legistar matter 28845, City of Austin Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
"MatterFile":"26-2329"Legistar matter 28845, City of Austin Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.com
"MatterStatusName":"Agenda Ready"Legistar matter 28845, City of Austin Primary source, official · webapi.legistar.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?
A resolution on the Austin City Council's August 27th, 2026 agenda directs staff to begin amendments to City Code Title 25, the Land Development Code. The amendments would establish land uses, site development regulations and development processes for data center use in certain zoning districts. It also directs work on business regulations and permit requirements for data center operations. The item carries file number 26-2329 and no fiscal impact. The city's own legislative record still shows the item as agenda ready with no vote recorded against it, so nothing here says the council has acted.
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 meets in open session and posts every agenda and each item's full text. A member of the public may sign up to speak on an agendaed item. A draft ordinance would come back to council for a separate decision before anything in the land development code changes.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Travis County in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area.
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 5th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are 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 3rd, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Austin City Council takes up a resolution to amend the land code for data centers. Tracked since August 5th, 2026. Last verified September 3rd, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0115/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0115.
Beat
Filed under Data centers, with every other decision on that beat.