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Henderson County, TX

Henderson County, TX is a county in East Texas that has attracted data center development due to its proximity to major fiber optic routes and available industrial land.

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August 14, 2026

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

August 8, 2026

Skybox, Digital Realty, Mara, Montera Sign Binding Pledges to Gov. Abbott

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

July 25, 2026

Abbott Sets Five Site Standards, and East Texas Is the First Test

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

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

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

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

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

Self-Generation, Disclosure, and a 2027 Deadline: Abbott Resets the Terms

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.

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