<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=39wT12_1E9OBKxv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=39wT12_1E9OBKxv00" width="1200" height="600" >GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - Days after Gov. Greg Abbott paused new data center growth for review, companies including OpenAI, Meta and Oracle agreed to comply with new state regulations.The new regulations require data center companies to pay for their own power grid infrastructure, limit noise near neighborhoods and recycle the water they use.Grayson County Judge Bruce Dawsey said the regulations do not address all of the issues data centers pose to local communities.“It would be helpful if they would give some regulation authority to cities and counties so that we would have a say as to where these places would go and not just a checklist from the state,” Dawsey said.Through the Texas Association of Counties, local governments are seeking legislation to give them a say in data center development. Dawsey said roundtable discussions with county officials are planned beginning in August.“There’s going to be a lot of roundtable discussions with other county officials, and hopefully we can all stand united and try and force some kind of regulation,” he said. “But when your rights impose on other people’s rights, it’s not fair.”Dawsey said the push for new legislation is set to begin in January.“I understand Texas is a property rights owner state, and I appreciate that. But when it comes to this large industry, there needs to be some kind of regulation,” he said. “If you want to build a data center on your property, what about my property that’s next door? Don’t I have any rights? And that’s what we need to settle.”Dawsey said companies often purchase land and begin building before engaging with local governments at all.“Right now it’s just they come in, they buy the land, and next thing you know, they’re building and they come in and apply for a sewer permit,” he said. “That’s unacceptable really for any industry.”He said water contamination remains a key concern, even for companies that claim to have internal water processes.“They still have to clean that water out and it’s heavy metal concentrations. That’s got to go somewhere. And it’s going basically down our local creeks,” Dawsey said. “They’ll come up with their standard, but it doesn’t necessarily meet local standards.”</div></body>

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GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - Days after Gov. Greg Abbott paused new data center growth for review, companies including OpenAI, Meta and Oracle agreed to comply with new state regulations. The new regulations require data center companies to pay for their own power grid infrastructure, limit noise near neighborhoods and...

Texas counties push for say in where data centers can be built

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GRAYSON COUNTY, Texas (KXII) - Days after Gov. Greg Abbott paused new data center growth for review, companies including OpenAI, Meta and Oracle agreed to 

Texas counties push for say in where data centers can be built

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