Texas counties are finally fighting back against data centers. Hill

County just became the FIRST in Texas to pass a moratorium — and Leon

County has 12 major projects pending right now.

In Episode 14 of the Know Leon County Podcast, Michael Rice and Daniel

McCoslin connect the dots from Hill County's historic 3-2 vote to Red

Oak's midnight rezoning, OpenAI's Stargate supercluster in Milam County,

the SpaceX chip plant in Grimes County, and the Corpus Christi water

crisis that should terrify every rural Texan.

We cover:

- Why Hill County's moratorium is the new playbook for rural Texas

- The 12 energy and BESS projects pending in Leon County (before you

count data centers)

- How "midnight votes" get 830-acre rezonings passed before residents

even know about them

- Why OpenAI's Stargate is NOT just another data center

- The UT Austin report projecting data centers will consume 3% to 9%

of all Texas water by 2040

- How Corpus Christi ended up rationing residential water while

ExxonMobil, Valero, and Oxy kept pumping 55 million gallons a day

- What the 391 Planning Commission actually does — and why Leon County

finally getting one done matters

If you live in rural Texas, this one's for you. Share it with your

neighbors, and show up to your next commissioners court meeting.

Learn more, read the show notes, and get involved:

https://knowleoncounty.org

Citizens for Responsible Growth: https://crglc.org

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