Granbury Council Approves Power Plant, Data Center

0:00Grandbury City Council, just greenlit rezoning a massive 2,000 acre chunk of land for a power plant tie to a future data center. This happened at their April 7th meeting, bucking advice from the city's own planning and zoning commission. The spot sits south of US Highway 377 and north of Paluxi Highway. Earlier this year in January, they annexed the land and fast-forward to July 2025 when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Land off on an emissions permit. Dallas-based bilateral energy wants to build 8 simple cycle turbines and 87 linear generators right in the heart of it at Meadowwood, Road, their pitch, powering up AI data centers and the grid. The council chambers were packed Tuesday night with upset locals spilling out the doors. Doesn't spoke up, slamming the move over fears that new data center rules won't hold water against big money players. Loces worried about noise, looks, and enforcement, plus gripes over city leaders not being

1:00straight about early talks with developers. Despite the commission pushing to deny it, one motion even died without a second. The council voted 5 to 1 to approve the rezoning and SHIFTHA, land to industrial use. They also unanimously passed tweaks to zoning ordinances, adding definitions and standards for data centers and power generation. Things like Rachel Jacobson called out the lack of transparency, but aren't backing down. She says they've got plenty of fight left, betting truth and good stewardship will win out in the end. From your city, powered by AI, this is Dallas News Today.