Data centers always try to come in secret “A whole lot of these things come in as project names. Microsoft, their first one was called ‘Rafter.’ That’s all we knew. We didn’t know who bought the land. It’s just ‘Project Rafter." “A lot of times people will wonder, ‘Why are you letting all these developments come in?’ And, the answer is, we’re not,” Edwards Aquifer Authority general manager Roland Ruiz told KSAT. “We just don’t have any place in that process.”

KSAT

The impact of billion-dollar data centers in water-stressed Medina County

Medina County is slated to become a hot spot for data centers, with a handful of nearly billion-dollar projects in development, county officials to...

Big Tech doesn't give one single crap about you. It'll take all the water and energy and then leave. “What will we have to give up to make sure these data centers can succeed?” she said. “These new data centers are enormous,” said Robert Mace, executive director of the Meadows Center. “I don’t know where you get the water to do that in a state that’s already water-stressed, not only from drought, but also rapid population growth in both the population and industry.”

The Texas Tribune

Rural Texas casting skeptical eye on data center openings

Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry...