The record

Click a lit county to see what it holds. 49 of 254 counties are named, and 11 decisions apply statewide.

• 16days left to commentCloses August 31st

  Federal comment window open on NRC reactor licensing and siting modernization

  Defense and federalUnited States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionStatewideComment window open

• 20days left to commentCloses September 4th

  PUCT Project 58482, proposed new rule on Large Load Demand Management Service, open for comment

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasERCOT regionComment window open

• 24days left to commentCloses September 8th

  Federal comment window open on adding AI questions to the American Time Use Survey

  Research and scienceUnited States Bureau of Labor StatisticsStatewideComment window open

• PUCT Docket 59315, Oncor application for a 765 kV transmission line across 22 counties

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasBorden, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche,...Public meeting

• Utilities Code limits how the PUCT may direct ERCOT, and bars verbal directives

  Power and the gridTexas LegislatureERCOT regionPublic meeting

• PUCT open meeting calendar published as a live feed through mid 2027

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewidePublic meeting

• Temple Planning and Zoning Commission takes up a Unified Development Code amendment that would require a Conditional Use Permit for every future data center

  Data centersCity of Temple Planning and Zoning CommissionBellPublic meeting

• City of Taylor noticed an amended tax abatement agreement with Compal Technology for a $200 Million electronics project at the Taylor Port Building

  Data centersTaylor City CouncilWilliamsonPublic meeting

• Hays County Commissioners Court adopted a 180-day emergency water review period for high water use developments and created a review board

  Land, water and permittingHays County Commissioners CourtHaysPublic meeting

• Austin City Council adopted Ordinance 20260423-029 creating City Code Chapter 2-19 on surveillance technology

  Surveillance and policingAustin City CouncilTravisPublic meeting

• UT System Board of Regents approved a School of Computing at UT Austin uniting computer science, information, statistics and data sciences

  Research and scienceThe University of Texas System Board of RegentsTravisPublic meeting

• Killeen Planning and Zoning Commission voted against a conditional use permit for a $30 million ONMINE data center

  Data centersCity of Killeen Planning and Zoning CommissionBellPublic meeting

• El Paso City Council adopts a Data Center Policy Framework requiring a Special Permit for hyperscale projects

  Data centersEl Paso City CouncilEl PasoPublic meeting

• El Paso City Council to vote August 18th on a letter asking Governor Abbott to clarify his data center directives

  Data centersEl Paso City CouncilEl PasoPublic meeting

• El Paso City Council amends its state legislative agenda to seek protection for residential ratepayers from data center utility costs

  Power and the gridEl Paso City CouncilEl PasoPublic meeting

• Guadalupe County Commissioners Court unanimously approves ending the county's Flock Safety license plate reader contract

  Surveillance and policingGuadalupe County Commissioners CourtGuadalupePublic meeting

• Laredo City Council rejects a data center moratorium and directs staff to draft permanent standards for heavy water and utility users

  Data centersLaredo City CouncilWebbPublic meeting

• Harlingen Waterworks System board approves an effluent water supply agreement with RGV Property LLC for a proposed data center

  Land, water and permittingCity of Harlingen Waterworks System Board of DirectorsCameronPublic meeting

• UT System Board of Regents approves $25 million to finish San Pedro II for UTSA's College of AI, Cyber and Computing

  Research and scienceThe University of Texas System Board of RegentsBexarPublic meeting

• Wichita Falls Planning and Zoning Commission approves a conditional use permit for a DataNovaX data center on Airport Drive

  Data centersCity of Wichita Falls Planning and Zoning CommissionWichitaPublic meeting

• Young County Commissioners Court receives the Project Saltworks tax abatement application and ratifies a developer funded escrow for consultants

  Data centersYoung County Commissioners CourtYoungPublic meeting

• Archer County Commissioners Court unanimously denies a tax abatement for a Dynamo Ventures data center

  Data centersArcher County Commissioners CourtArcherPublic meeting

• Angelina County Commissioners Court adopts Resolution 010-26 asking the Legislature for authority over data centers

  Data centersAngelina County Commissioners CourtAngelinaPublic meeting

• Lubbock County Commissioners Court passes a non binding disclosure resolution on large scale industrial development, four to one

  Data centersLubbock County Commissioners CourtLubbockPublic meeting

• Carson County Commissioners Court approves a phased tax abatement agreement with Fermi America for the Project Matador HyperGrid campus

  Data centersCarson County Commissioners CourtCarsonPublic meeting

• Amarillo City Council authorizes a twenty year water supply agreement selling city water to Fermi America's Project Matador

  Land, water and permittingAmarillo City CouncilPotter, Randall, CarsonPublic meeting

• League City City Council ordered a November 3rd special election on whether police may keep using automated license plate reader cameras

  Surveillance and policingLeague City City CouncilGalvestonPublic meeting

• Harris County Commissioners Court renewed its Flock Group license plate reader and sound detection contract, then amended it to run county-wide

  Surveillance and policingHarris County Commissioners CourtHarrisPublic meeting

• Corpus Christi City Council directed staff to write a zoning amendment prohibiting data centers in every zoning district and to prepare a moratorium process

  Data centersCorpus Christi City CouncilNuecesPublic meeting

• Brazoria County Commissioners Court voted 5 to 0 to deny the reinvestment zone that four data center and power plant abatement applications depended on

  Data centersBrazoria County Commissioners CourtBrazoriaPublic meeting

• Brazoria County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution stating conditions it wants on data center development

  Data centersBrazoria County Commissioners CourtBrazoriaPublic meeting

• Houston ISD Board of Managers carried a new local board policy on artificial intelligence to a second reading on its August 13th agenda

  Health and educationHouston Independent School District Board of ManagersHarrisPublic meeting

• Conroe City Council fell short of the votes needed to put its Flock camera contract on the November ballot

  Surveillance and policingConroe City CouncilMontgomeryPublic meeting

• 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

  Land, water and permittingTexas Water Development BoardStatewidePublic meeting

• TCEQ canceled the Carson County public meeting on Fermi Equipment Holdco's new air permits and says it will be rescheduled

  Land, water and permittingTexas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief ClerkCarsonPublic meeting

• TCEQ canceled the San Antonio notice and comment hearing on Vantage Data Centers TX11's air permit O4791

  Land, water and permittingTexas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief ClerkBexarPublic meeting

• Tarrant Regional Water District says it has signed no water supply contract for a data center and that the Cedar Creek request was withdrawn

  Land, water and permittingTarrant Regional Water District Board of DirectorsTarrant, HendersonPublic meeting

• Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District signed a resolution asking the Legislature to clarify district authority over data centers

  Land, water and permittingBlanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation DistrictBlancoPublic meeting

• Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to start a 90 day data center moratorium and adopted grid filing requirements for applicants

  Land, water and permittingFort Worth City CouncilTarrantPublic meeting

• San Angelo City Council caps data center cooling water by ordinance

  Land, water and permittingCity of San Angelo City CouncilTom GreenPublic meeting

• San Angelo writes data centers into its zoning code and makes them a conditional use only

  Data centersCity of San Angelo City CouncilTom GreenPublic meeting

• San Angelo sets reporting rules for data center coolant discharged into the city sewer

  Land, water and permittingCity of San Angelo City CouncilTom GreenPublic meeting

• Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers

  Power and the gridReeves County Emergency Services District No. 2ReevesPublic meeting

• Tom Green County Commissioners Court declines a Precinct 4 moratorium on data centers and large energy projects

  Data centersTom Green County Commissioners CourtTom GreenPublic meeting

• PUCT Project 58000, rulemaking to update ERCOT transmission cost recovery, comment deadline reached

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasERCOT regionComment window closed

• TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General

  State policyOffice of the Attorney General of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• Texas Government Code Chapter 2054 carries three conflicting Subchapter S's on AI, with duplicated section numbers

  State policyTexas LegislatureStatewideWrite to the decider

• DIR must run an AI regulatory sandbox letting state agencies test systems outside normal rules

  State policyTexas Department of Information ResourcesStatewideWrite to the decider

• Comptroller's JETI current agreements list contains no data center project

  Data centersTexas Comptroller of Public AccountsStatewideWrite to the decider

• Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems

  State policyTexas Department of Information ResourcesStatewideWrite to the decider

• Williamson County Commissioners Court granted Compal USA Technology a Chapter 312 abatement for a Georgetown server service center

  Data centersWilliamson County Commissioners CourtWilliamsonWrite to the decider

• National Science Foundation names UT El Paso in the first round of CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service awards

  Health and educationU.S. National Science FoundationEl PasoWrite to the decider

• Houston-Galveston Area Council put AI consulting services on its HGACBuy purchasing catalog under contract AI05-26

  State policyHouston-Galveston Area Council (HGACBuy)HarrisWrite to the decider

• San Marcos City Council voted 4 to 3 to define data centers in its land development code and make them ineligible citywide

  Land, water and permittingSan Marcos City CouncilHaysWrite to the decider

• TCEQ has four data center air permit applications posted with published public notices, including Crusoe's two Texas campuses

  Land, water and permittingTexas Commission on Environmental Quality, Air Permits DivisionStatewideWrite to the decider

• TCEQ issues preliminary decision and opens comment on Crusoe's gas power plant at the Abilene data center campus

  Land, water and permittingTexas Commission on Environmental QualityTaylorWrite to the decider

• Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD's JETI agreement for the Energy Forge One power plant is executed and posted

  State policyPecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District Board of TrusteesReevesWrite to the decider

• TRAIGA preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence

  State policyTexas LegislatureStatewideClosed