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Waco, Texas is a central Texas city located along Interstate 35 that has become a growing hub for data center development due to its proximity to major fiber optic routes and relatively lower power costs compared to coastal technology centers.
June 15, 2026
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Texas's June 23 Hearing Opens the Water Rulebook Before It Hardens
Waco's "Data Center Impacts" event drew 180 residents and 50 question cards around a structural problem: Texas counties can't zone, but nearly half of the state's 248 planned data centers sit in unincorporated land.
April 8, 2026
Texas Built Its Tax Break for Yesterday's Data Center MarketSan Marcos, Amarillo, College Station, Waco, and Harlingen all face organized pushback.
March 21, 2026
Illinois and New York Are Closing. Texas Has a Window.Ross, a 250-person town north of Waco, learned about a **$10 billion, 526-acre data center and 1.2 GW gas plant** on its doorstep via media reports.
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