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El Paso City Council approves new data center regulations
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
El Paso City Council adopted its first Data Center Policy Framework, eliminating local tax incentives for future hyperscale data centre projects and requiring special permits with enhanced environmental and transparency standards. The framework follows six months of public engagement and does not affect the existing Meta data centre.
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If you're building a data centre in El Paso, the subsidy is gone and you now need a public hearing in front of the City Council before you dig. The cost of your utility bill just became the city's problem to solve—expect them to push infrastructure costs back to you.
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