Fort Worth, TX

August 15, 2026

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County Judge Philip Spenrath's NDA Hardens Opposition on Amazon's 3,000 Acres

August 14, 2026

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Carrying Costs Compound After Aug. 20 as ERCOT Audits for Months

August 10, 2026

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Trump Split With Gov. Abbott Just Compressed Every Operator's Audit Timeline

July 28, 2026

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Post Security Before the Study, or Watch Your 2027 Slot Go to a Buildable Project

July 11, 2026

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"Prove It" Is Now the Price of Admission at the Texas Water District

July 9, 2026

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89% of New Power Requests Are Datacenters. Abbott Wants Guardrails.

July 4, 2026

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Abbott Hardens His Terms. The 2027 Legislature Holds the Pen.

June 21, 2026

Mid-sized Fort Worth facilities consume up to 300,000 gallons daily; large AI sites hit 5 million.

June 20, 2026

Fort Worth is moving toward regulation, not prohibition, with a council vote on new development rules scheduled August 11 after tabling a 50% tax incentive for Edged Data Centers on March 31.

June 4, 2026

Fort Worth votes August 11 on noise and setback standards

May 29, 2026

Edged's 186-acre west Fort Worth campus is explicitly waterless.

May 22, 2026

In Fort Worth, Black Mountain bought 2,000+ acres in Parker County and secured TCEQ approval for five gas turbines after Weatherford's council declined to add data centers to its zoning code.

May 21, 2026

Fort Worth tabled Black Mountain's $10 billion campus to June 23.

May 20, 2026

Fort Worth deferred Edged Data Centers' $1 billion Veale Ranch incentive on March 31 and will receive City Manager Jay Chapa's comprehensive policy analysis June 2.

May 19, 2026

Fort Worth tabled a 50% tax abatement for Edged Data Centers' $1 billion Veale Ranch facility; Council Member Michael Crain has asked City Manager Jay Chapa for a comprehensive report by June 2 covering zoning, ERCOT transmission study requirements, and peer-city practices.

April 14, 2026

Black Mountain Energy's Fort Worth project cleared the Zoning Commission but faces sustained Echo Heights neighborhood opposition over pollution, noise, water, and the absence of municipal data center regulations before a June City Council vote.

April 9, 2026

Community opposition is organized in Glen Rose, Fort Worth, San Marcos, Amarillo, Hutto, and El Paso.

April 4, 2026

Fort Worth's decision to delay $18.2 million in tax incentives for Edged U.S.'s $1.1 billion campus until May 12, with Council Member Michael Crain proposing enhanced noise compliance and mandatory annual reporting, shows Texas cities are adding conditions, not blocking projects.

April 1, 2026

Edged Data Centers pitches a waterless design in Fort Worth.

March 27, 2026

In Fort Worth, the 2871 Community Coalition is pressing Edged Data Centers for water, noise, and environmental disclosures before a March 31 City Council tax abatement vote.

March 25, 2026

Community opposition is organizing from Grimes County to Fort Worth.

March 18, 2026

Meanwhile in Fort Worth, the City Council faces a March 31 vote on a **50% property tax abatement** for Edged Data Centers' 186-acre campus at Veale Ranch.

March 14, 2026

In Fort Worth, Black Mountain Energy's $10 billion project hit its third zoning delay on March 10.

March 13, 2026

Fort Worth: Black Mountain's $10 billion campus hit its third rezoning delay.

March 11, 2026

Hood County, southwest of Fort Worth, has at least six datacenter projects in its pipeline, including the Comanche Circle development with more than 30 buildings, each roughly 2.5 times the size of a Walmart.

February 19, 2026

In Fort Worth, Black Mountain Power's 430-acre project cleared zoning unanimously, yet CEO Rhett Bennett couldn't specify water consumption figures, and nearby Weston Gardens president Jackson Weston raised alarm about potential groundwater depletion.

February 14, 2026

Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved a 10-year tax abatement for Stellar Energy, a Florida-based manufacturer of datacenter cooling equipment considering a $79.5 million, 1,400-job plant at a 1.1 million-square-foot site in the AllianceTexas development.

February 13, 2026

Fort Worth City Council tabled a vote on Black Mountain's request to rezone 80 additional acres for its planned $10 billion data center campus.

February 10, 2026

Simultaneously, Round Rock officials are weighing "neighborhood compatibility" for a Skybox datacenter, Fort Worth approved the first step on a $2.1 billion project, El Paso's gas-plant-for-datacenter plan is drawing opposition, and Genesee County, Michigan is voting on a one-year moratorium.