How the public can take part
The room each decision is being made in, and what that room allows. Answered here for 54 of the decisions on the record, from the same fields the decision page prints.
Amarillo City Council authorizes a twenty year water supply agreement selling city water to Fermi America's Project Matador. Can the public take part?
The council took public comment before the vote. The City of Amarillo maintains a Fermi Project page carrying the final water supply agreement, the non binding memorandum of understanding and an FAQ. A resident can read the executed terms rather than a summary of them.
Angelina County Commissioners Court adopts Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for authority over data centers. Can the public take part?
Angelina County posts Commissioners Court agendas, minutes and meeting videos on its Commissioners Court page. The court meets in the courtroom and annex at 211 East Shepherd Avenue in Lufkin. Judge Wright told residents every decision has to be made by the court in public.
Archer County Commissioners Court unanimously denies a tax abatement for a Dynamo Ventures data center. Can the public take part?
The Commissioners Court heard residents in open session before the vote. County officials told opponents to take their case to state lawmakers, because the county has no further tool once an abatement is off the table.
Austin City Council adopted Ordinance 20260423-029 creating City Code Chapter 2-19 on surveillance technology. Can the public take part?
Austin posts the full agenda and every backup document for each council meeting at austintexas.gov/council. That includes the two draft ordinances, the redline and the individual council members' motion sheets. Council meetings are public. Under the new chapter a department's proposed surveillance technology comes back to council as its own agenda item.
Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District signed a resolution asking the Legislature to clarify district authority over data centers. Can the public take part?
District board meetings are held at 601 West Main Street in Johnson City. The district posts the agenda, minutes and every signed resolution and board order for each meeting on its website. Phone 830-868-9196.
Brazoria County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution stating conditions it wants on data center development. Can the public take part?
Agendas, agenda packets, minutes and the signed resolution attachment are published on the county's Legistar site. The next posted meeting on that site is a Special Session on August 25th, 2026 at 9:00 AM.
Brazoria County Commissioners Court voted 5 to 0 to deny the reinvestment zone that four data center and power plant abatement applications depended on. Can the public take part?
Commissioners Court meetings, agendas, agenda packets and minutes are published through the county's Legistar site. The site lists a Special Session on August 25th, 2026 at 9:00 AM as the next posted meeting after a Regular Session on August 11th, 2026.
Carson County Commissioners Court approves a phased tax abatement agreement with Fermi America for the Project Matador HyperGrid campus. Can the public take part?
The commissioners approved the agreement during a public meeting at which residents raised water use and nuclear questions. The Commissioners Court is the venue for any further phase approvals under the agreement.
City of Taylor noticed an amended tax abatement agreement with Compal Technology for a $200 Million electronics project at the Taylor Port Building. Can the public take part?
The notice set the item for the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on August 13th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Taylor posts these notices under Economic Development Public Notices on taylortx.gov, where the full legal description of Reinvestment Zone No. 11 is available for download.
Comptroller's JETI current agreements list contains no data center project. Can the public take part?
The list is published for inspection and is not a proceeding. JETI applications are filed with and acted on by individual school districts. The participation point for a resident is their own district's board meeting when an application is before it. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Conroe City Council fell short of the votes needed to put its Flock camera contract on the November ballot. Can the public take part?
Conroe City Council meets at City Hall, 300 W. Davis St, Conroe, TX 77301. A resident who wants to speak completes a Citizen Inquiry Form available outside the Council Chambers. It goes to the Police Officer before the meeting begins. Speakers are limited to 3 minutes each and preference goes to those addressing agenda items.
Corpus Christi City Council directed staff to write a zoning amendment prohibiting data centers in every zoning district and to prepare a moratorium process. Can the public take part?
The city publishes agendas, minutes and live video through its Legistar agenda program and streams meetings on the city's YouTube channel. The agendas and minutes page links a Public Comment Procedures page and gives 3-1-1 or 361-826-2489 for help. Staff recommendations on the data center code amendment come back to a future council meeting.
DIR must run an AI regulatory sandbox letting state agencies test systems outside normal rules. Can the public take part?
The application process runs to vendors registered with DIR rather than to the general public. The statute provides no public comment step. The public visibility point is the report the department owes the Legislature by November 30th, 2026. A reader can ask DIR for the vendor application process and for any quarterly reports already filed. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
El Paso City Council adopts a Data Center Policy Framework requiring a Special Permit for hyperscale projects. Can the public take part?
Implementation returns to City Council as ordinance amendments and Special Permit applications. Each carries public notice, a City Plan Commission hearing and a council vote. Agendas and matter records are published in the city's Legistar system. Council meets in Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 North Campbell Street, and virtually.
El Paso City Council amends its state legislative agenda to seek protection for residential ratepayers from data center utility costs. Can the public take part?
The city's state legislative agenda is set and amended in open City Council meetings at City Hall, 300 North Campbell Street, and virtually. Matter records and votes are published in the city's Legistar system.
El Paso City Council to vote August 18th on a letter asking Governor Abbott to clarify his data center directives. Can the public take part?
Attend the regular City Council meeting on August 18th, 2026 at 9:00 AM in Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 North Campbell Street, or participate virtually. The agenda and the meeting detail page are published in the city's Legistar system.
Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to start a 90 day data center moratorium and adopted grid filing requirements for applicants. 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.
Guadalupe County Commissioners Court unanimously approves ending the county's Flock Safety license plate reader contract. Can the public take part?
Guadalupe County Commissioners Court meets in Seguin and publishes agendas and minutes on the county website. The county page states that members of the public may participate and address the governmental body during any telephonic meeting, and it publishes the Zoom connection details alongside the agendas.
Harlingen Waterworks System board approves an effluent water supply agreement with RGV Property LLC for a proposed data center. Can the public take part?
The Harlingen Waterworks System board meets in open session and posts agendas and minutes on hwws.com. The Harlingen City Commission has taken up the same subject in its own open meetings, where residents may sign up to speak.
Harris County Commissioners Court renewed its Flock Group license plate reader and sound detection contract, then amended it to run county-wide. Can the public take part?
Commissioners Court meets at 1001 Preston Street, 1st Floor, Houston, TX 77002. A member of the public who wants to address the court submits an Appearance Request Form. The agenda site lists a Special Meeting on August 17th, 2026 and a Business Court Meeting on August 25th, 2026, both at 9:00 AM. It also offers agenda search and email delivery.
Hays County Commissioners Court adopted a 180-day emergency water review period for high water use developments and created a review board. Can the public take part?
Hays County Commissioners Court meetings are public, live streamed and archived, and the County Clerk records the minutes. Agendas and minutes are posted on the county website, and the review board created by the resolution reports back to the court in open session.
Houston ISD Board of Managers carried a new local board policy on artificial intelligence to a second reading on its August 13th agenda. Can the public take part?
Board meetings are held at 5:00 PM in the Board Auditorium and Board Services Conference Room, and agendas, attachments and minutes are posted in the district's Legistar meeting detail pages. The draft minutes for August 13th, 2026 will show whether the policy was adopted once they are finalized.
Houston-Galveston Area Council put AI consulting services on its HGACBuy purchasing catalog under contract AI05-26. Can the public take part?
The contract, its awarded vendors and the product listings are published on the HGACBuy site and can be viewed by anyone. Buying from it requires being an HGACBuy member organization. A member of the public participates through their own city, county or district rather than directly. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Killeen Planning and Zoning Commission voted against a conditional use permit for a $30 million ONMINE data center. Can the public take part?
The commission's action is a recommendation only. The zoning decision goes to the Killeen City Council in open session, where a member of the public can speak at the public hearing on the rezoning request.
Laredo City Council rejects a data center moratorium and directs staff to draft permanent standards for heavy water and utility users. Can the public take part?
The draft regulations return to Laredo City Council for public consideration, and the mayor has been holding community town halls on the proposals. Council agendas and matter records are published in the city's Legistar system.
League City City Council ordered a November 3rd special election on whether police may keep using automated license plate reader cameras. Can the public take part?
League City City Council meets in Council Chambers at 200 West Walker Street. The next regular meeting on the city's Legistar calendar is August 25th, 2026 at 6:00 PM with a Council Budget and CIP Workshop at 5:00 PM. The decision itself now goes to registered voters at the November 3rd, 2026 election.
Lubbock County Commissioners Court passes a non binding disclosure resolution on large scale industrial development, four to one. Can the public take part?
The Commissioners Court took the item up at a public meeting where residents gathered to hear it, and the debate over the wording happened in open session. Members of the public attend the court in the Lubbock County courtroom.
National Science Foundation names UT El Paso in the first round of CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service awards. Can the public take part?
Students apply through UTEP's Department of Computer Science. That department publishes eligibility rules, stipend amounts and the service obligation on its Scholarship for Service program page. The award itself was an agency decision with no public comment step. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
PUCT Docket 59315, Oncor application for a 765 kV transmission line across 22 counties. Can the public take part?
The docket is set for an open meeting on August 21st, 2026 in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100, listed as open to the public. Affected landowners have intervened and filed protests directly through the Interchange under control number 59315, and the record shows individuals doing so in their own names.
PUCT open meeting calendar published as a live feed through mid 2027. Can the public take part?
Open meetings are held in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100 at commission headquarters in Austin and the feed marks each one open to the public. Subscribing to the feed is the simplest way for a member of the public to see a comment deadline before it passes rather than after.
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD's JETI agreement for the Energy Forge One power plant is executed and posted. Can the public take part?
The agreement is executed, so the participation window has closed. The application, three supplements, the Comptroller recommendation packet and the signed agreement are all posted on the Comptroller's application details page for J0022. That is the paper trail a resident would read. Future JETI applications go to a school board public hearing under Government Code Chapter 403 Subchapter T. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers. Can the public take part?
The notice states that all interested persons may appear and present testimony and evidence on the abatement application at the district's administrative office, 2269 Ocotillo Drive, Pecos, Texas 79772. ESD No. 2 meets at 5.30 in the afternoon on the third Tuesday of the month at that address. The district lists a phone number and an email on its meetings page.
San Angelo City Council caps data center cooling water by ordinance. Can the public take part?
The ordinance is adopted and in force. The City of San Angelo publishes the three adopted data center ordinances and the Northeast Sector Master Plan work on its Data Center Information page. City Council meets in open session where residents may speak. Exceedance reports go to the City Council within five business days, so the record of any overuse arrives on a public agenda.
San Angelo sets reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer. Can the public take part?
The ordinance is in force. Discharge records are held by the Director of Water Utilities and are producible on request. That makes them reachable through a Texas Public Information Act request to the City of San Angelo. The city publishes the adopted text on its data center page.
San Angelo writes data centers into its zoning code and makes them a conditional use only. Can the public take part?
Because data centers are a Conditional Use, every future application goes to a noticed hearing under Section 208. Neighbors get another bite each time rather than one vote on the whole category. The adopted ordinance and the city's data center page carry the standards a resident would measure a site plan against.
San Marcos City Council voted 4 to 3 to define data centers in its land development code and make them ineligible citywide. Can the public take part?
The decision is made. The adopted Land Development Code, the adopted redlines and the code update summary guide are posted on the city's Code Updates page. Further amendments run through the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council on the published 2026 meeting calendar. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems. Can the public take part?
The notice is meant to appear wherever the system is used. A resident who meets a government AI system should be able to see one. Where no notice appears, the question goes to the agency or local government running the system. Questions about the form itself go to DIR, which was required to develop it. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
TCEQ canceled the Carson County public meeting on Fermi Equipment Holdco's new air permits and says it will be rescheduled. Can the public take part?
Written comments go to the TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at P.O. Box 13087 in Austin. Use mail code MC-105 and postal code 78711-3087. Comments may also be filed electronically before the public comment period closes. TCEQ says the canceled meeting will be rescheduled, so the room reopens on a date the agency has not yet published.
TCEQ canceled the San Antonio notice and comment hearing on Vantage Data Centers TX11's air permit O4791. Can the public take part?
Written comments may be mailed to the TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at P.O. Box 13087 in Austin. Use mail code MC-105 and postal code 78711-3087. They may also be submitted electronically before the public comment period closes. TCEQ's Public Education Program takes questions at 800-687-4040.
TCEQ has four data center air permit applications posted with published public notices, including Crusoe's two Texas campuses. Can the public take part?
Each listed application links a plain language summary and the published notices. Comments go to the TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at P.O. Box 13087 in Austin. Use mail code MC-105 and postal code 78711-3087. Comments may also be filed through the eComment system. A person who may be affected by emissions can request a contested case hearing. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
TCEQ issues preliminary decision and opens comment on Crusoe's gas power plant at the Abilene data center campus. Can the public take part?
Submit written comments or request a public meeting or contested case hearing electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/comment. They may also be mailed to the Office of the Chief Clerk at P.O. Box 13087 in Austin. Use mail code MC 105 and postal code 78711-3087. Reference permit 182126. The full application and draft permit can be read at the Abilene Public Library on Cedar Street. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General. Can the public take part?
Individuals can't sue under this chapter. The route is a complaint to the Attorney General. A related statute requires that office to run an online AI complaint page. See item tx-2026-0010 for that page's statutory basis and for the verification gap on whether it exists yet. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
TRAIGA preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence. Can the public take part?
The preemption is enacted law and takes no comment. Changing it takes the Legislature or a court. The Legislature next convenes in regular session in 2027. A resident whose city wants to act on AI can raise it with their legislator.
Tarrant Regional Water District says it has signed no water supply contract for a data center and that the Cedar Creek request was withdrawn. Can the public take part?
TRWD raw water supply contracts are decided at monthly open board meetings. Those meetings are broadcast, recorded and archived on the district website, so a resident can watch the vote or attend and speak.
Temple Planning and Zoning Commission takes up a Unified Development Code amendment that would require a Conditional Use Permit for every future data center. Can the public take part?
Attend the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on August 17th, 2026. Since December 11th, 2025 the City of Temple no longer offers a virtual participation option for board and commission meetings. Attendance is in person at City Hall on North Main Street. Agendas and supporting documents are posted on the city's data center hub and its public meetings page, and the City Secretary's office is reachable at 254-298-5700.
Texas Government Code Chapter 2054 carries three conflicting Subchapter S's on AI, with duplicated section numbers. Can the public take part?
A codification conflict is resolved either by the Legislature in a future non substantive revision bill or by a court. There is no comment window. A reader who cares can raise it with their own legislator or with the Texas Legislative Council, which prepares the revision bills. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Texas Water Development Board denied a petition to give data centers their own water demand category and adopted the 2027 State Water Plan the same day. Can the public take part?
TWDB board meetings are held at 1700 Congress Avenue in the Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170, Austin, and by Teams. Anyone wanting to address the board completes a visitor registration card. Remote participants email the form to Customer_Service@twdb.texas.gov by noon the day before. Agenda item 26 is a general public comment period on any matter within the board's jurisdiction.
Tom Green County Commissioners Court declines a Precinct 4 moratorium on data centers and large energy projects. Can the public take part?
Tom Green County Commissioners Court meets in open session at the county courthouse in San Angelo and posts agendas under the Texas Open Meetings Act. The moratorium item reached the agenda because it was placed there. The county's own website returned a server error when fetched, so the URL given here is the report of the meeting rather than the county's agenda page.
UT System Board of Regents approved a School of Computing at UT Austin uniting computer science, information, statistics and data sciences. Can the public take part?
UT System Board of Regents meetings are public and are webcast. The system posts the full agenda book and per-item documents for every meeting at utsystem.edu. The most recent regular meeting was held in Austin on August 12th and August 13th, 2026.
UT System Board of Regents approves $25 million to finish San Pedro II for UTSA's College of AI, Cyber and Computing. Can the public take part?
UT System Board of Regents meetings are open and are streamed. They are posted as notices of open meeting with agenda books. Meeting materials and archives are published on the UT System website.
Utilities Code limits how the PUCT may direct ERCOT, and bars verbal directives. Can the public take part?
A directive to ERCOT must run through a contested case, a rulemaking or a majority vote taken in a meeting. Each of those routes carries its own way in for the public. PUCT open meetings are listed on the agency calendar feed and are open to the public in Commissioners Hearing Room 7-100.
Wichita Falls Planning and Zoning Commission approves a conditional use permit for a DataNovaX data center on Airport Drive. Can the public take part?
The Planning and Zoning Commission is a public body of the City of Wichita Falls. Its agendas and minutes are posted through the city's Agenda Center, where a resident can find the meeting date, the item and how to speak. A conditional use permit item is heard in open session.
Williamson County Commissioners Court granted Compal USA Technology a Chapter 312 abatement for a Georgetown server service center. Can the public take part?
The agreement is approved and no comment period remains open. Williamson County publishes the action, the commissioners' statements and county contacts on its public affairs news page at wilcotx.gov. Performance under a Chapter 312 agreement is verified by the county before any abatement is granted. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Young County Commissioners Court receives the Project Saltworks tax abatement application and ratifies a developer funded escrow for consultants. 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.