Athens, Texas just banned new data centers inside city limits on a 3-2 vote, defining any server facility over 500 square feet as prohibited, while the state pauses new grid hookups for the same industry

Athens, Texas just banned new data centers inside city limits on a 3-2 vote, defining any server facility over 500 square feet as prohibited, while the state pauses new grid hookups for the same industry

The ordinance passed August 24 after a Data Factory pitch in April, and the 500-square-foot floor is drawn narrow enough to exempt school server closets while catching every warehouse-scale build. The post Athens, Texas just banned new data centers inside city limits on a 3-2 vote, defining any server facility over 500 square feet as prohibited, while the state pauses new grid hookups for the same industry appeared first on Direct Message News.