What To Expect At The Wichita Falls Data Center Debate This Sunday

A hot topic in Texas politics right now is data centers and it looks like a public debate is scheduled with local city leaders and also state representatives this Sunday in Wichita Falls.

This morning, Julie Waters announced she is hosting and moderating a data center debate in Wichita Falls. The event is scheduled at the Work Services Corporation which is located at 1343 Hatton Road from 3PM-5PM. For those unable to attend in person, it will be live streamed on the Texans United Against Data Centers Facebook page.

Who Is Expected to Attend the Debate?

Julie Waters says that everyone with a ** next to their name has been confirmed that they will be in attendance. Our current district representative for Wichita Falls James Frank is expected to attend, as well as who he is running against and that would be Leilani Barnett. Wichita Falls Mayoral Candidate Scott Poenitzsch will be attending, but current Mayor Tim Short has not officially confirmed he will be there. Texas Senate District 28 which represents a portions of West Texas like Abilene, San Angelo, and Lubbock has some candidates represented. As well as the Texas AG Commissioner Race.

What Questions Do Citizens Want Answered at the Debate?

Julie posed the question on her Facebook page what for what folks would be looking for at this debate. You can drop a comment in that link above for something that you want answered about data centers going in for your area. Governor Greg Abbott recently put a pause on any new data center construction until the companies pass a new audit. Data Centers were asked to submit a survey on: power use and generation,water use and cooling operations, and efforts to reduce impacts on local communities.

Almost four hundred data centers were asked to fill this out and less than thirty were submitted. So the governor has paused any new construction until all of this is submitted. We will wait and see how data centers continue operations in Texas. Our state currently has the second most in the country behind only Virginia.

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