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.
Coryell County
Mixed Data Center Policies
Texas combines substantial, long-term sales-tax breaks for qualifying large data centers with grid-connection studies, fees, and infrastructure costs that can make projects slower and more expensive. Some large facilities may also face emergency power reductions or grid-stability requirements; the tax benefits have demanding eligibility conditions.
Rating and summary from Texas statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Coryell County.
Specific to Coryell County only.
pending · County measureThis proposed Coryell County resolution would have paused proposed data-center developments in the county while Texas reviewed research, infrastructure impacts, and regulatory safeguards; it was not enacted because commissioners tabled it.Coryell County Proposed Resolution to Pause/Ban Data Centers (2026)
What this means
The measure pauses consideration of a proposed ban, but does not itself change the rules for building or operating data centers. It creates no direct incentive or lasting protection, so its practical effect is minimal.
People behind it
- Coryell County Commissioners Court
Proposed the county-level resolution to ban or pause data-center projects and voted to pause or table its adoption.
- Scott Weddle
Coryell County commissioner who encouraged the county to adopt a resolution seeking stricter data-center regulations.
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Proposed countywide ban on constructing new data centers in Coryell County; the resolution was tabled and was not adopted.
Proposed pause on county-level approval of data centers until the State of Texas conducts further research and reviews regulations and safeguards.
Senate Bill 6 requires data centers to contribute to electrical-grid improvements.
Senate Bill 6 requires data centers to reduce or scale back operations during power emergencies.
Senate Bill 6 requires data centers to disclose their water consumption.
Proposed Coryell County resolution would impose stricter reporting requirements for data-center utility usage.
Proposed Coryell County resolution would require data centers to adopt technologies prioritizing environmental sustainability and land preservation.
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Existing data centers would be allowed to continue operating; the proposed ban would apply only to new facilities and would not retroactively shut down existing operations.
Data-center projects already permitted or sufficiently underway before the ban took effect would be protected from the new prohibition, subject to the measure’s eligibility conditions.
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