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.
Val Verde 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 Val Verde County.
current law · County measureVal Verde County reportedly refuses county tax incentives and abatements specifically for data centers.Val Verde County Commissioners Court Order Denying Data Center Tax Incentives and Tax Abatements
People behind it
- Lewis G. Owens Jr.
County Judge who placed the item on the agenda.
- Juan Carlos Vazquez
Commissioner who made the motion.
- Kerr Wardlaw
Commissioner who seconded the motion.
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- David Martinez
County Attorney who said the motion would result in a court order.
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Reported motion declines county financial benefits: no tax incentives or abatements for data centers. Exact executed terms and continuing effect unverified.
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