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.
Shackelford 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 Shackelford County.
Incentives
Tax benefits
Reported proposal offers Vantage Data Centers a ten-year tax-abatement arrangement with $10 million annual payments in lieu of property taxes; signing remains contingent on land purchase. Proposed arrangement.
current law · County project: Vantage Data Centers’ proposed campus and associated Shackelford County Reinvestment Zone 2025-1Project-specific incentive steps reported approved; contract execution unverified.Shackelford County Reinvestment Zone 2025-1 and Chapter 312 Tax Abatement Agreement with Vantage Data Centers (Frontier Campus)
People behind it
- John Viertel
Shackelford County judge quoted in Vantage's official Frontier announcement. Not verified here as agreement signatory.
- Kaitlin Monaghan
Vantage North America public-policy director quoted about the proposal.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions2
Reported approval of zone creation, application acceptance and intent to contract, not verified execution.
Reported proposed 10-year abatement with $10 million annual PILOT payments; signed operative terms unverified.
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