CITY COUNCIL, August 11, 2026
Approves Chapter 14 ordinance: data center PUC/ERCOT filing requirement, passed
What happened
Fort Worth City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 26-6059 directing the city manager to initiate the process for a 90-day moratorium on accepting, processing and approving new data center applications and rezonings, with the first public hearing to occur no later than Novemb…
- Jurisdiction
- Fort Worth, TX
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 11, 2026
- Decisions
- 20 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, passed
Free sample: decision 1 of 20
Resolution initiating 90-day data center moratorium process
Resolution 26-6059 (agenda 10.2.8) directs city manager to initiate Chapter 212 process for a 90-day moratorium on new data center applications/rezonings, with regulatory review of noise, water, electric, land use compatibility. Amended to require first public hearing no later than November 10, 2026. Final ordinance requires supermajority; vested projects and filed zoning applications exempt; max 180 days. Passed unanimously.
- first public hearing no later than November 10, 2026
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Fort Worth City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 26-6059 directing the city manager to initiate the process for a 90-day moratorium on accepting, processing and approving new data center applications and rezonings, with the first public hearing to occur no later than Novemb…
Key Decisions (20)
Resolution initiating 90-day data center moratorium process
Fort Worth Data Center and Infrastructure Commission
Chapter 14 ordinance: data center PUC/ERCOT filing requirement
Site plan SP-26-008 auto repair shop
Zoning case ZC-26-053
Zoning case ZC-26-062
Zoning case ZC-26-060
Zoning case ZC-26-066 to light industrial
Zoning case ZC-26-069 single-family
Zoning case ZC-26-075 duplexes
Zoning case ZC-26-077 residential homes
Zoning case ZC-26-080
Zoning case ZC-26-081
Site plan SP-26-009
ZC-26-017 continued
ZC-26-082 continued
Cook Children's bridge easement encroachment over West Terrell Avenue
Watson Street park land acquisition
Public hearing on Mach Industries tax abatement
Reconsideration and re-vote on Aaron Dean legal fees
Development Activity (4)
Cook Children's West Tower pedestrian bridge
Other
Mach Industries facility
Industrial
Black Mountain hyperscale data center
Industrial
187-acre data center rezoning
Industrial
Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
Fort Worth's new water manual requires closed-loop cooling and wastewater…
Sentiment
Overwhelming public opposition to data centers, with demands for heavy-industrial…
Commercial Demand
Data center projects that vest or file zoning before moratorium…
Who Spoke (37)
On the record: the mayor, 4 councilmembers, the clerk, and 7 members of the public.
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