Hood County development panel backs pause on utility-scale data centers, battery storage and power projects

May 22, 2026

The Hood County Development Commission voted to recommend a seven‑month moratorium to the commissioners court and adopted moratorium language to pause permitting and give staff time to draft updated regulations addressing fire safety, infrastructure and foreign-component concerns.

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The Hood County Development Commission voted to recommend a seven‑month moratorium on utility‑scale data centers, battery energy storage systems, large power‑generation projects and associated substations, and it adopted edited moratorium language to forward to the commissioners court.

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