San Marcos, TX

April 14, 2026

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ERCOT's Batch Rules Are Still in Draft. Your Invoices Are Not.

In Texas, the pattern is emerging. Hays County/San Marcos rejected a $1.5 billion project 5-2.

April 9, 2026

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Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

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

April 8, 2026

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Texas Built Its Tax Break for Yesterday's Data Center Market

San Marcos, Amarillo, College Station, Waco, and Harlingen all face organized pushback.

March 10, 2026

From San Marcos, Texas (where a $1.5 billion campus was killed by a 5-2 council vote) to Virginia (where voters elected a governor who campaigned on forcing the sector to pay more) to Ohio (where moratoriums are spreading), the pattern reflects a resource-driven political realignment.

February 26, 2026

San Marcos City Council voted 5-2 to reject Highlander SM One's $1.5 billion, 380 MW datacenter campus, blocking rezoning for a five-building complex on Francis Harris Lane near the Hays Energy Power Station.

February 25, 2026

Separately, San Marcos City Council rejected a $1.5 billion data center project after hundreds of protesters mobilized.

February 24, 2026

That model works in open rangeland, though it leaves the hundreds of operational water-cooled facilities already built unaddressed. Can Altman's dismissal hold as San Marcos,

February 22, 2026

San Marcos killed a $1.5 billion datacenter at 2:14 a.m. after eight hours of public testimony dominated by water and aquifer concerns.

February 21, 2026

Separately, San Marcos city council rejected a second proposal from Highlander SM One LLC for a 200-acre datacenter campus.

February 20, 2026

In San Marcos, Texas, the city council rejected a datacenter rezoning plan, reinforcing a pattern of local resistance overriding state-level permissiveness.

February 17, 2026

San Marcos City Council prepares to vote Tuesday on a $1.5 billion, 380 MW data center campus that already failed once.