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City's data center commission recommends 350-foot buffers from homes and closed-loop cooling

The 11-member panel's 156-page report lays out 19 recommendations on water, land use, power and economic impact. At the first moratorium hearing that evening, all but one of about two dozen speakers backed a pause.

Sasha EsparzaNovember 11, 20262 min read

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City Hall21 days ago
One Forever stamp is not enough to mail back a Tarrant County ballot this election, county says
Tarrant County's elections office says a mailed-back ballot for the Nov. 3 election needs extra postage beyond one Forever stamp; the deadline is 7 p.m. Nov. 3, or 5 p.m. the next day with a timely postmark.
City Hall24 days ago
Housing vouchers and case managers for 105 homeless residents 55 and older go to council Oct. 27
The Flora Brewer Bridge Program pairs Fort Worth Housing Solutions vouchers worth about $1.7 million a year with services from DRC Solutions; a council vote on the services contract is set for Oct. 27.
City Hall25 days ago
Tarrant County logs 50,409 in-person voters as early voting opens, far above the 2022 midterm
The county's daily report puts Monday's turnout far above the 2022 midterm's opening day but below 2024's; the 16 sites with Fort Worth addresses took in 14,629 voters.
City Hall29 days ago
Police will convert 30 patrol jobs to corporal posts, and a national fire chief search aims for a February pick
Reports for Tuesday's council work session say the corporal change adds no officers, and that Raftelis is running a fire chief search with interviews planned for December and January.
City Hall29 days ago
Federal firefighter grant sends $1.55 million to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the largest of five North Texas awards
FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grants program awarded $2,574,956 to five North Texas fire departments, and Fort Worth's $1,550,695 is about 60% of the total, Sen. John Cornyn's office said.
City Hall30 days ago
Medical cannabis pickup sites would be zoned like pharmacies, with growing kept out of light industrial areas
After a council committee pushed back on light industrial zoning, staff will send the zoning commission a plan putting cultivation only in medium and heavy industrial districts.
City Hall30 days ago
Two Latino publications decline Tarrant County honor after commissioners drop 817 Podcast
Hola Texas and Northside Community Magazine turned down a Hispanic Heritage Month resolution after Tarrant County commissioners voted 3-2 to remove the 817 Podcast from it.
City Hall30 days ago
DFW Airport parking rates rise, with biggest jumps at terminals and pickup lanes
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport raised parking prices Oct. 1, including terminal parking now at $37 a day with a TollTag or $40 by credit card.

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City's data center commission recommends 350-foot buffers from homes and closed-loop cooling

More City Hall

One Forever stamp is not enough to mail back a Tarrant County ballot this election, county says

Housing vouchers and case managers for 105 homeless residents 55 and older go to council Oct. 27

Tarrant County logs 50,409 in-person voters as early voting opens, far above the 2022 midterm

Police will convert 30 patrol jobs to corporal posts, and a national fire chief search aims for a February pick

Federal firefighter grant sends $1.55 million to the Fort Worth Fire Department, the largest of five North Texas awards

Medical cannabis pickup sites would be zoned like pharmacies, with growing kept out of light industrial areas

Two Latino publications decline Tarrant County honor after commissioners drop 817 Podcast

DFW Airport parking rates rise, with biggest jumps at terminals and pickup lanes

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