Water Concerns Drive New Data Center Moratorium: Texas Brief

The County That’s Pausing Data Centers

While state and local leaders have talked more in recent weeks about how resource-intensive data centers are, rebukes like the one in Hill County remain rare. There, local leaders approved a one-year moratorium on new data center and energy storage developments, Joe Lovinger reports.

County Commissioner Jim Holcomb said in a meeting that officials had been approached by several data center builders in recent weeks and feared the potential impact to local water supplies and quality of life.

“The data center folks have found a sweet spot in a state that has ...