{"id":404046,"date":"2026-08-12T00:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404046\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T00:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:52:09","slug":"fort-worth-set-to-vote-on-data-center-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404046\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth set to vote on data center moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6jbqf3gjs9zpbykv.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Worth pushes for data center regulations\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6jbqf3gjs9zpbykv.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Worth pushes for data center regulations\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-5a75adc3=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/video\/fmc-x8p7hq1btivo13h7\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth pushes for data center regulations<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Fort Worth city leaders are deciding whether to hit pause on new data centers. FOX 4&#8217;s Amelia Jones has details on the concern driving the proposed moratorium and how soon it could take effect.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; Fort Worth city leaders are set to vote on a temporary moratorium on new data centers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The proposal would give the city more time to develop new rules as concerns grow about the impact of the large facilities.<\/p>\n<p> Fort Worth Data Center Debate  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6_11_26-pkg-abbott-data-center-restrictions-ds-sh_00.02.04.30.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The city of Fort Worth has four existing data centers with at least four more in development.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">But those plans could be put on hold on Tuesday night if city leaders adopt a resolution to set a 90-day moratorium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It would temporarily pause the process on new data center development within Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In July, five city council members called for the moratorium to give the council time to discuss and refine regulations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a similar pause on data center approvals in order for the state\u2019s power grid managers to conduct audits.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He previously supported data center expansion but has changed course during his reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In a news conference ahead of the meeting, Fort Worth community leaders and residents shared their support for the moratorium and called for community representation on a committee to explore regulations.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We&#8217;re the ones who have to deal with the infrastructure strain, the neighborhood impact, the physical consequences. Asking for a time to evaluate isn&#8217;t defiance, it&#8217;s stewardship. The public isn&#8217;t being wasteful; we&#8217;re being smart,&#8221; said Annie Zadeh, the executive director for Community Design Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Fort Worth City Council meeting begins on Tuesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">If the council votes in favor of the moratorium, the city manager would form the data center committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: FOX 4&#8217;s Amelia Jones gathered information for this story from the Fort Worth City Council meeting and a news conference held by moratorium supporters.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/technology\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Technology<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth pushes for data center regulations Fort Worth city leaders are deciding whether to hit pause on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,223,122,3621,216,393],"class_list":["post-404046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-news","tag-tarrant-county","tag-technology","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}