Data Center Political Risk

Texas data center moratoriums & political risk

Dimetrics tracks 4 data center moratoriums, restrictive-zoning ordinances, and siting actions across Texas — and ties each to the publicly-traded bitcoin miners and neoclouds operating in the state.

Tracked operators with sites in Texas · 12

Soluna Holdings, Inc.SLNH Cipher DigitalCIFR MARA HoldingsMARA Core ScientificCORZ Hut 8 CorpHUT Big Digital Energy, Inc.BGDE IREN LimitedIREN Riot PlatformsRIOT CleanSparkCLSK Bitdeer TechnologiesBTDR Galaxy DigitalGLXY TeraWulfWULF

Moratoriums & restrictions in Texas

Local and state actions affecting data center siting. Each links to its public source.

Jurisdiction	Action	Status	Enacted	Source
Dentoncity	Pause	proposed	Jun 2026	strisker.com
City of Harlingencity · Cameron	Moratorium	active	May 2026	Source
Hill Countycounty · Hill	Moratorium	lifted	May 2026	Texas Tribune
San Marcoscity · Hays	Restrictive zoning	restrictive_zoning	Feb 2026	Source

Score Texas's data center political risk

Dimetrics scores each jurisdiction's resistance capacity — blending political lean, income and education, grid adequacy, and enacted actions — and maps it to operator exposure at the site level. See the scored interactive map, or query it in Claude via the Dimetrics MCP.

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Moratorium and zoning records are compiled from public filings and news sources and provided as is. Not legal or investment advice. See all states →