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TOOL – On Thursday evening, Henderson County residents packed into the West Cedar Creek Municipal Utility District meeting, protesting a proposal from Diode Ventures, a Kansas?based company seeking to build a data center near Key Ranch Estates.<\/p>\n
When the room filled beyond capacity, dozens stood outside in the rain, waiting for their turn to speak. Their message was unified and blunt: \u201cProfit should be secondary to people\u2019s welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diode Ventures already has two solar projects sold in Texas, one in Fort Bend County and another in Hamilton County, and is developing a massive 900?plus?acre site in Red Oak, south of Dallas, called Weston Holladay Technology Park. The company says that the project will position it as a leader in data?center development in the state\u2019s \u201cgrowing digital market.\u201d<\/p>\n
The scale of what Diode might build in Henderson County remains unclear, but residents say they don\u2019t need specifics to know the risks. Their chief concern: the enormous amount of water data centers require, and the possibility that Cedar Creek Lake, the community\u2019s daily lifeline, could be depleted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout even servicing that huge data center, we\u2019re already at a level?three drought,\u201d said Ashley Cook, a Cedar Creek property owner. \u201cImagine what that\u2019s going to do. That\u2019s going to put us into a level?five drought situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, the utility district\u2019s general manager says no action will be taken until a feasibility study is complete.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot that\u2019s going into this that we\u2019re looking into, so I want people to know that this isn\u2019t even close to being a done deal or even close to signing a service agreement. We\u2019ve got a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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