The beats
Every decision on this record is filed under one of these 8 beats. Each keeps its own page whether or not it moved this week. Each names the decisions on it and who decided them. Each says whether a Texan still has a way in.
Data centers
Where the buildings go and who signs off on them. Zoning votes. Tax abatements. Moratoriums county by county.
20 decisions
Defense and federal
Federal agencies and installations making AI decisions on Texas ground. Base contracts and national programs sited here.
1 decision1 still open to comment
Health and education
AI reaching patients and students. What hospital systems and school districts allow in clinical and classroom use.
2 decisions
Land, water and permitting
The acreage and the water a project needs before anything is built. Groundwater districts. Plats. The permits that gate them.
14 decisions
Power and the grid
The load these projects add and the rules written around it. Interconnection. Curtailment. Who pays for the wires.
7 decisions1 still open to comment
Research and science
University labs and state research money. The institutions building these systems rather than buying them.
3 decisions1 still open to comment
State policy
Bills and agency rules that set what AI may do in Texas. Statewide directives and who answers for them.
9 decisions
Surveillance and policing
Cameras and plate readers in the hands of Texas agencies. The predictive tools beside them and the oversight attached to each.
5 decisions