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Taylor City Council Shuts Down Data Center Ban Petition, Advises Residents Get Involved ...
Taylor City Council rejected a citizen petition to ban new data centers, citing Texas law prohibiting zoning by popular vote, but committed to amending its Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code by September to address digital infrastructure concerns. Over 1,400 residents signed the petition amid growing pushback against data centre expansion across Texas driven by grid strain and water supply concerns.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building or financing data centres in Texas, the regulatory ground is shifting faster than Taylor's council meetings. Zoning rules are being rewritten now—September ordinances in Taylor, state-level cost-shifting rules coming from the PUC—and you either shape them in July comment windows or you're building in a jurisdiction that just banned you.
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Topics: Cloud Infrastructure · data-center-regulation · zoning-reform · texas-grid-strain · ai-infrastructure · local-pushback