The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Brazoria County
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Brazoria County adopted a resolution urging state leaders to give local governments more power over data-center noise, light, and water use, but it imposes no operating requirements or grants that power.
current law · County measureUrges state leaders to give local governments greater regulatory authority over data centers and related facilities, particularly regarding noise, light, and water use.Brazoria County File No. 18483 — Resolution Regarding the Development of Data Centers and Related Facilities in the State of Texas
What this means
The measure supports a resolution asking state leaders to give local governments more power over data-center noise, light, and water use (urging state leaders to give local governments more regulatory power). It does not itself impose requirements or grant that power, so it has no meaningful direct effect on building, expanding, or operating data centers.
People behind it
- Brazoria County Commissioners Court
Approved and adopted the resolution and authorized its distribution.
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The resolution urges state leaders to give local governments more authority to regulate data-center noise, creating a potential additional local operating requirement: more regulatory power over noise, light, and water use.
The resolution urges state leaders to give local governments more authority to regulate data-center light, creating a potential additional local operating requirement: more regulatory power over noise, light, and water use.
The resolution urges state leaders to give local governments more authority to regulate data-center water use, creating a potential additional operating requirement or constraint on facility expansion: more regulatory power over noise, light, and water use.
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