Dallas staff brief committee on data centers; members call for technical study and task force
Staff reported 23 known data-center facilities in Dallas (combined valuation ~$1.47B; ~$10.3M city property tax revenue) and urged a careful, technical approach to regulation. Council members supported creating a task force and asked staff to return with scope and recommended membership.
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Robin Bentley of the city manager's office opened the briefing by noting that Dallas and the DFW region are major data-center markets but that Dallas's facilities are largely infill and colocation conversions rather than the greenfield hyperscale campuses seen in neighboring jurisdictions.
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