Lubbock heard a citizen petition for an 18 month data center moratorium
The Lubbock City Council held a public hearing on September 8th, 2026 on a citizen petition brought under the city charter. The petition asks for an 18 month moratorium on high water use and high energy use data centers inside the city. The same agenda carried a separate resolution stating the council's desire that large scale data centers not be developed inside the municipal limits. That resolution waits on the council adopting regulations to protect public resources and public health and safety. A resolution states a desire and an ordinance states a rule, and the two items sat next to each other on the same agenda. The agenda and one speaker at the hearing are what is on the record so far. Neither says what the council did with either item.
How to take part
The council meets in open session at Citizens Tower and posts its agendas. A resident can speak at a council meeting. Any regulation the resolution anticipates would come back to the council as an ordinance through further public proceedings.
Where
1 county. In Lubbock.
Timeline
- hearing
Public hearing on the charter petition, and the resolution taken up beside it
- 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.
- 2026-09-09
Admitted on the council's own agenda for the hearing. The resolution states a desire and no ordinance has followed it.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Public Hearing - City Secretary: Conduct a public hearing in accordance with Chapter 1, Article IV, Section 1 of the City of Lubbock Charter, regarding an "18-month moratorium on high-water-use and high-energy-use data centers in the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas."City of Lubbock, Regular City Council Meeting agenda, September 8th, 2026 Primary source, official · mylubbock.us
Resolution - City Council: Consider a resolution expressing the City Council's desire that large-scale data centers not be developed within the municipal limits of the City of Lubbock, until the City Council has adopted regulations protecting public resources and the public health and safety.City of Lubbock, Regular City Council Meeting agenda, September 8th, 2026 Primary source, official · mylubbock.us
I don't want an 18-month moratorium. I want us to collectively say no to this.Fox 34, Lubbock City Council passes non binding resolution regarding data centers within city limits Journalism · fox34.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?
The Lubbock City Council held a public hearing on September 8th, 2026 on a citizen petition brought under the city charter. The petition asks for an 18 month moratorium on high water use and high energy use data centers inside the city. The same agenda carried a separate resolution stating the council's desire that large scale data centers not be developed inside the municipal limits. That resolution waits on the council adopting regulations to protect public resources and public health and safety. A resolution states a desire and an ordinance states a rule, and the two items sat next to each other on the same agenda. The agenda and one speaker at the hearing are what is on the record so far. Neither says what the council did with either item.
Who decides it?
Lubbock City Council decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The council meets in open session at Citizens Tower and posts its agendas. A resident can speak at a council meeting. Any regulation the resolution anticipates would come back to the council as an ordinance through further public proceedings.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Lubbock County in the Lubbock, 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 September 8th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 8th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. One of them 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 9th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Lubbock heard a citizen petition for an 18 month data center moratorium. Tracked since September 8th, 2026. Last verified September 9th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0138/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0138.
Beat
Filed under Data centers, with every other decision on that beat.