As the Waco Police Department considers Flock surveillance cameras, residents and politicians are mounting a backlash.
Data Center
Infrakey is working with the City of Lacy-Lakeview, north of Waco, to build a $10 billion data center. The project has drawn opposition from neighbors and raised the question of land use and water resources at the rural site near Ross.
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A front-row view of Waco from the Bridge’s first year in photos
A reflection on one year of photography and journalism from The Waco Bridge.
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You asked us questions about data centers. We answered them.
Guests of our Data Center Impacts event this month submitted nearly 50 questions to our expert panel. We’re answering a handful that our panelists couldn’t get to.
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Abbott recommends sweeping data center regulation, including eliminating sales tax exemption
It’s a striking call for industry regulation by the Republican governor in a state that has long prided itself on being a favorable environment for business.
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Waco Bridge event explores data centers’ appetite for water, energy
In a region grappling with a data center boom, our expert panel broke down its impact on water, energy and land – and how communities can weigh in.
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Rural residents alarmed as a second data center is proposed in the Waco area
Cipher Digital has bought some 300 acres near Riesel and is seeking to connect to the state electric grid. Area residents and leaders say they remain in the dark about the details.
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Cracked streets and leaking pipes give Lacy Lakeview leaders headaches. They see data center dollars as the cure.
Lacy Lakeview struggled for years with tight budgets and deteriorating streets and utilities. The promise of $10 billion in tax base from the Infrakey project looked like a once-in-a-lifetime solution. A photo essay.
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Lacy Lakeview needs Waco’s help to realize its data center dreams. It’s not going well.
Lacy Lakeview’s hasty approach to the data center project has alienated the Waco officials who would control water service to the site.
“Without the City of Waco agreeing to it, Lacy Lakeview can’t do anything out there and neither can Infrakey,” State Rep. Pat Curry said. “Those guys don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”
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In their own words: Lacy Lakeview council hopefuls on infrastructure, communication and the data center
Candidates for the at-large seat discuss the data center proposal and their priorities ahead of the May 2 local elections. Early voting begins Monday.
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Lacy Lakeview council will consider recycling wastewater for data center
Water has been central to the debate over the Infrakey data center project. Lacy Lakeview is exploring recycled wastewater to quench the facility’s thirst for water.
