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.
Grayson County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Grayson County’s enacted resolution asks the state for more local authority and studies and safeguards, but it imposes no enforceable requirements on data center projects and has little direct effect on them.
current law · County measureSeeks state action to give counties and municipalities greater authority over future data-center development decisions affecting Grayson County, while supporting appropriately designed and sited facilities and opposing high-volume potable-water cooling in water-constrained regions without demonstrated safeguards.Grayson County Resolution 26-009 (2026)
What this means
The resolution asks the state to give local governments more authority and calls for studies and safeguards, but it does not itself impose enforceable requirements on data center projects (requests legislation granting local authority). So it would have little direct effect on building, expanding, or operating data centers unless the state later acts on those requests.
People behind it
- Grayson County Commissioners Court
Proposed, approved, and adopted the resolution requesting greater local authority over large-scale data center development.
- Deana Patterson
County Clerk who attested to the adopted resolution.
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In water-constrained regions, the measure opposes large-scale, high-continuous-load data centers using open-loop evaporative cooling or other high-volume potable-water technologies unless they demonstrate a sustainable water supply and mitigation safeguards.
The measure conditions support for additional data center development on enforceable safeguards protecting electric-grid reliability, ratepayers, water resources, agricultural and ecologically sensitive land, county infrastructure, public health, and environmental quality.
The measure urges Texas and relevant agencies to require public reporting of a proposed data center’s expected electricity demand, water use, and infrastructure impacts before final approval.
The measure states that future data center projects should not proceed without an independent assessment of grid and transmission impacts, regional water availability and drought planning, land and habitat impacts, stormwater effects, taxpayer-borne infrastructure costs, and compatibility with surrounding land uses.
The measure encourages statewide standards favoring water-efficient or closed-loop cooling systems and the use of reclaimed, recycled, or non-potable water where feasible.
The measure encourages demand-response participation and load-management requirements for data centers to protect grid stability.
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