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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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.
Texans want their local governments to push pause on data centers. Can they?
Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns about the energy and water data centers use. Local governments have a few tools to fight them – if they want to.
Lacy Lakeview, Infrakey pitch their data center project at global tech summit in Hawaii
City and company officials presented their partnership plans at a conference that draws global power brokers in the tech industry.
Lacy Lakeview offers special district as olive branch to rural neighbors of data center site
Lacy Lakeview leaders are offering a seat at the table to Ross and other communities near the Infrakey data center site through a special district.
School struggles, data centers, downtown visions and more: Six storylines we’re following in ’26
Amid optimism about Waco’s growth and opportunities, some worry about school takeovers and cuts to social safety net services.
Water, power, politics: Three challenges for the $10B data center project
The Infrakey data center could bring huge tax wealth to Lacy Lakeview and McLennan County, but it would require huge resources.
Tensions high with neighbors, city of Waco as Lacy Lakeview moves data center deal along
Opponents packed Lacy Lakeview City Hall but were not allowed to speak until after the vote for a nonbinding annexation and infrastructure agreement. Waco City Manager Bradley Ford attended and said it was “highly unusual” that Waco leaders were not notified of the plans.
‘They should have warned us’ says Rep. Curry at packed anti-data center meeting
A group of more than 100 opponents to the Infrakey data center site near Ross gathered to organize ahead of Tuesday’s Lacy Lakeview City Council vote on a proposed agreement.
Texas law could let Lacy Lakeview lasso a $10 billion data center site and its tax riches
The city of 7,300 aims to annex the Infrakey site so it can reap some $50M in taxes a year. A 2023 state law could allow the site to exit Waco’s annexation zone, called the ETJ. But a backlash is growing.

