Henderson County, TX

August 14, 2026

Google, Rowan, and CleanSpark committed to Abbott's disclosure framework on demand, on-site generation, water, cooling, incentives, ownership, and community impact, joining earlier acceptances from OpenAI and Oracle; Diode withdrew its Henderson County Cedar Creek Lake project rather than clear the bar.

August 8, 2026

Diode's withdrawal from a Henderson County site shows the framework already filters projects.

July 25, 2026

Diode withdrew its proposed data center near Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County after concluding the site couldn't meet the state's hardening development standards.

July 11, 2026

Diode Ventures' data center near Tool in Henderson County stalled after the developer failed to justify pulling nearly 2 billion gallons annually from Cedar Creek Lake, owned by the Tarrant Regional Water District.

July 4, 2026

Diode Ventures is scouting a site west of Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County that would draw up to 5 million gallons daily, roughly 2.3% of the Tarrant Regional Water District's Cedar Creek withdrawal.

June 12, 2026

Henderson County commissioners passed a resolution halting data center projects pending impact studies near drought-stage-3 Cedar Creek Lake, where Diode Ventures proposes a facility within 400 yards of the shore.