{"id":1506108,"date":"2026-05-12T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506108"},"modified":"2026-05-14T03:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:01:57","slug":"county-seeking-data-center-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506108","title":{"rendered":"County seeking data center oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1506113\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-275x275.jpg 275w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>HENDERSON COUNTY &#8211; An East Texas county has passed a resolution asking the governor and a state representative to stop local officials from becoming &#8220;powerless observers&#8221; in the face of the fast growth of A.I. data centers. The resolution, which expressed concerns about the potential effects of large-scale data center projects on local infrastructure and natural resources, was read by the county&#8217;s attorney during a Henderson County Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Our news partners at KETK report that additionally, the resolution calls for an independent evaluation of the effects on natural resources before any new A.I. data centers are built. In order to address what the county refers to as &#8220;urgent reliability, water supply, and local governance concerns,&#8221; it also requests that state lawmakers investigate the matter and, if required, call a special session.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made almost a month after Data Factory showed interest in constructing a 10-megawatt facility in Athens. The company refers to its facilities as &#8220;flexible power farms,&#8221; a form of infrastructure that it claims can support high-performance computing while stabilizing strained power grids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HENDERSON COUNTY &#8211; An East Texas county has passed a resolution asking the governor and a state representative to stop local officials from becoming &#8220;powerless observers&#8221; in the face of the fast growth of A.I. data centers. The resolution, which expressed concerns about the potential effects of large-scale data center projects on local infrastructure and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1506108\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">County seeking data center oversight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3908,"featured_media":1506436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 23:48:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/05\/696953506_1436296948525941_2007482022648285726_n-e1778614606456-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506446,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506108\/revisions\/1506446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1506436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}