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.
Fannin County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Fannin County’s enacted resolution opposes some water-intensive cooling and urges impact studies and stronger safeguards, but mainly calls for state action and adds few direct requirements for data centers.
current law · County measureUrges the state to require public reporting and independent impact reviews for data centers, protect water, power, land, infrastructure, and residents, and give local governments more authority; it does not itself impose requirements on data centers.Fannin County, Texas Resolution Regarding the Establishment of Data Centers (2026)
What this means
The resolution opposes some water-intensive cooling and calls for impact studies and stronger safeguards, which could make projects harder if turned into enforceable rules. But it mainly urges state action and acknowledges the county has limited authority, so it adds few direct requirements for building or operating data centers itself.
People behind it
- Commissioner Precinct 1
Identified on the meeting agenda as responsible for presenting the resolution regarding the establishment of data centers in Fannin County.
- Fannin County Commissioners Court
Adopted the resolution on March 31, 2026.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements4
Large-scale, high-continuous-load data centers in water-constrained regions face opposition if they use open-loop evaporative cooling or other high-volume potable-water technologies without demonstrating a sustainable water supply and mitigation safeguards.
Support for additional data-center development is conditioned on comprehensive, enforceable safeguards addressing electric-grid reliability and ratepayer costs, sustainable water use, protection of agricultural and environmentally sensitive land, impacts on county infrastructure, and community health and welfare.
The resolution urges requiring proposed data centers to publicly report projected electricity demand, water consumption, and infrastructure impacts before final approval.
The resolution states that no future data-center project should proceed without a rigorous, independent assessment of grid and transmission impacts, regional water availability, land and environmental effects, long-term taxpayer infrastructure costs, and effects on surrounding land uses.
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