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.
Lampasas 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 Lampasas County.
current law · County measureReported opposition resolution, not a verified development ban.Lampasas County Commissioners Court Resolution Regarding Battery Energy Storage System and Data Center Development Within Lampasas County
People behind it
- Randy Hoyer
- Mark Rainwater
- Shad Hill
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Policy opposition only: the court reportedly approves a resolution affirming its stance against BESS facilities and data centers. Signed operative text is unverified. No Hill County moratorium or separate groundwater-district rule is attributable to this resolution.
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