Dallas City Council Member Chad West and four other council members have requested that the City Council consider authorizing a public hearing on potential changes to the Dallas Development Code. This move could lead to new regulations for data centers in the city.

Background

Currently, data centers are allowed by-right in many non-residential areas with little oversight. The council members are seeking to amend the development code to give Dallas residents and the council more say in the construction of data centers.

The request comes as other Texas cities consider tighter restrictions on data center development. Fort Worth has begun the process to potentially enact a temporary moratorium on new data center development applications, while Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to conduct an audit of data centers seeking to connect to the state’s power grid.

Original reporting: Richardson, TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.