While data centers boom in Texas, their plans stay shrouded in secrecy

Data center developers can use nondisclosure agreements and shell companies to shield the details of their deals from the public. Even state officials also say they need more transparency from the industry.

By Taylor Goldenstein and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
Posted 8/13/26

Last year, Mason McCallister saw survey markers on a property near his home in a rural community about an hour north of Dallas. He suspected it might be for a new data center he’d heard about from …

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