Are Data Centers
Right for Parker County?
Know the current Situation. Know who decides.
Make your voice heard.
Who We Are
Neighbors, not lobbyists.
We are a group of Texans — ranchers, engineers, parents, retirees — who kept hearing about billion-dollar data center projects landing in our counties and realized how hard it was to get straight answers: How much water will it use? Who pays for the new power lines? What did our commissioners agree to, and when was the hearing?
So we built this site. We'll be straight with you about where we stand: we do not want these data centers in Parker County, or anywhere in Texas. Not moved down the road, not scaled back, not "done right." The water, the power, and the land they would take are not ours to give away.
We are nonpartisan — this is not a left or right issue, and we will never tell you how to vote. But we are not neutral about what these projects would cost our community, and we make that case with facts: every article names its author, every claim links to a source, and every project page tells you exactly when and where the next public decision happens.
Why This Matters for Texans
The biggest industrial build-out in a generation is being
decided in rooms most of us never enter.
Our Grid, Our Bills
Texas runs its own electric grid. Data centers are the fastest-growing demand on it, and the rules being written right now decide how much of the cost of serving them lands on ordinary households' bills.
Our Water
Some cooling designs consume hundreds of millions of gallons a year in a state already fighting over every acre-foot. Water commitments get locked into contracts before most residents hear about a project.
Our Land and Our Taxes
Tax abatements, rezonings, transmission corridors across private land — these are votes taken by people you elect: commissioners, council members, school boards, and legislators. They listen most to the people who show up.
Know the Issues
What a Data Center Would Cost Us
Six ways these projects would change Parker County — and the facts behind each one.
Environmental
Air quality, backup generators, land disturbance, and habitat — what large data centers mean for the Texas environment and how permits work.
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Energy & the Grid
What gigawatt-scale loads mean for ERCOT, electric reliability, and the price Texans pay for power.
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Water
Cooling water demand, aquifers, and municipal supply — what data centers use and where it comes from.
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Property Rights & Local Control
Zoning, eminent domain for transmission lines, noise, and the balance between landowner rights and industrial neighbors.
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Taxes & Economy
Tax abatements, jobs claims, and what data centers actually contribute to local budgets and school districts.
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Community & Health
Noise, light, traffic, construction impacts, and what living next to a data center is actually like.
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Decisions Are on the Agenda This Month
Find out who represents you, what they control, and how to reach them.
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