Lubbock just made the data-center fight official — at City Hall and the courthouse
The City Council accepted a verified petition calling for an 18-month moratorium on high water-use, high energy-use data centers inside city limits — though one councilman warns that length may collide with state law. Days earlier, Lubbock County commissioners passed their own resolution on large-scale industrial development.
For the 806: This is your neighbors forcing the question on the record: what do these projects cost us in water and power, and who decides? Whatever side you're on, the decision just moved from press releases to public votes — where you actually get a say.