Hill County Draws the Line. Eight Projects Now Wait a Year.

Hill County's one-year pause lands the same week Gallup put local opposition to AI data centers at 71%, ahead of nuclear, and ERCOT quietly cut its non-crypto data center forecast by half through a 49.8% realization factor. The developers moving water offsets, signed anchors, and locked interconnection ahead of permit filings keep their timelines; everyone else inherits the meeting-room fight.