El Paso to crack down on 'shady' water solicitations
News ClipEl Paso Times·El Paso, El Paso County, TX·4/27/2026
The El Paso City Council plans to vote on adding data center policies to its state and federal legislative priorities. These policies aim to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability, infrastructure capacity, environmental stewardship, and community benefit from data center development. This action is prompted by increasing data center growth across Texas and the nation.
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The El Paso City Council is set to consider the inclusion of data center policies in its state and federal legislative priorities during its upcoming meeting. This move comes as the city grapples with commercial solicitations related to water quality, prompting the council to also address deceptive practices.
A document accompanying Tuesday's agenda highlights the city's responsibility to ensure that economic development policy and legislative advocacy for data centers reflect long-term fiscal sustainability, infrastructure capacity, environmental stewardship, and community benefit. The council recognizes that state and federal policy decisions are increasingly shaping the financial, environmental, and infrastructure impacts experienced by municipalities as data center development continues to rise across Texas and the nation.