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  "path": "/link/16799/17275737/texas-data-centers-local-governments-power",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T11:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://feeds.texastribune.org",
  "tags": [
    "Economy",
    "Energy",
    "Politics",
    "State Government",
    "Amarillo",
    "College Station",
    "data centers",
    "Harlingen",
    "Texas Legislature",
    "Waco",
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  "textContent": "Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.",
  "title": "Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?"
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