Data Centers and San Antonio: A Community Conversation Hosted by Council Member Phyllis Viagran (D3)
Public Meeting2:02:35Deceleration·San Antonio, Bexar County, TX·7/1/2026
San Antonio City Council Member Phyllis Viagran hosted a "Data Center Stakeholder Discussion Group" to address the rapid arrival of data centers in the city. Key concerns discussed were the enormous power demands and questions surrounding water use and pollution associated with these facilities. CPS Energy, which provides electricity to the greater San Antonio area, reported that more than half of its 6 gigawatts of generation capacity is already under contract or in agreement phases with data centers, with many more requests pending. The discussion group aims to provide guidance to the San Antonio City Council, contrasting with cities like San Marcos, Texas, which recently enacted a moratorium on data center development due to similar concerns. The mood of the meeting, however, leaned positive despite the lack of a similar moratorium in San Antonio.
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Gov: San Antonio City Council, Phyllis Viagran, CPS Energy
Huge power demands. Questions over water use and pollution. But data centers in San Antonio are arriving at a fast clip nonetheless. And the mood within a poorly advertised meeting of the 'Data Center Stakeholder Discussion Group' hosted by San Antonio D3 Councilmemeber Phyllis Viagran veered toward the positive. The meeting was the second in a series of the Data Center Stakeholder Discussion Group dedicated to ultimately providing guidance to San Antonio's City Council. The winding conversation offers a contrast to cities like San Marcos, Texas, where council members recently enacted a moratorium on data center development until the risks can be better understood. With nothing of that sort manifesting here, the water and power utilities, both owned by the City of San Antonio, are left scrambling. CPS Energy, which provides for the needs of greater San Antonio with about 6 gigawatts of generation capacity, currently has more than half that amount from data centers either under contract, in the contracting phase, or in an agreement phase. And much more than that is lining up in feasibility studies and new customer requests.
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