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Williamson County, TX

Williamson County, Texas is home to major data center developments and has become a significant hub for data center infrastructure in the Austin metropolitan area due to its proximity to the city and available land resources.

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June 25, 2026

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The PUC Just Made Your Interconnection Agreement the Only Thing That Matters

facilities in counties without groundwater conservation districts, including Falls, Limestone, Hamilton, Mills, and Williamson, can withdraw groundwater without local permitting.

June 9, 2026

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Deliverable Demand Is the New Dividing Line in ERCOT's Queue

Risk: Texas's permitting speed and ERCOT's grid visibility only pay off for developers who engage counties early, articulate benefit-sharing, and lock water and power before announcement, because the same opposition organizing in Edmond and Lansing is organizing in Williamson and Nueces.

March 19, 2026

Communities Aren't Anti-Datacenter. They're Anti-Surprise.

Separately, Iron Mountain is planning its first Texas datacenter: a seven-building, 500-acre campus called Taylor Meadows near Hutto in Williamson County, targeting grid connection around 2030 with behind-the-meter natural gas generation as a bridge.

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