A Council Consideration Request (CCR) that would determine regulatory measures needed to address the rapid growth of data centers in San Antonio will proceed to a special committee.
City Council discusses potential plan to track, regulate San Antonio data center s’ use of resourcesMan arrested on child pornography charges while out on bond for child sexual abuse case, sheriff says Read full article: Man arrested on child pornography charges while out on bond for child sexual abuse case, sheriff saysLocal NewsDuring Wednesday’s Governance Committee meeting, City Council members spoke on San Antonio ’s influx of data center s and the need to consider potential risks they pose to water and energy resources.
“How do we understand that the benefit of these outweigh the costs?” Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked.Galvan, who filed the CCR in October, said this is “the first step in the right direction in creating that public conversation, making sure we’re clearing the air on what this industry is, what it means to our community.”Engage stakeholders, including municipal utilitiesPresent recommendations to the Planning and Community Development Committee DSD would coordinate with the San Antonio Water System and CPS Energy to review the actual impact of water and energy resources from data centers. Galvan’s consideration also mentions possible amendments to the Unified Development Code, which guides land use in San Antonio and has no specific ruling on data center developments. Jones said she had “heard discussion” on the potential development of data centers on San Antonio’s military bases’ available land. “As part of that discussion, we want to understand those entities that are exercising their own agency, what that may mean,” Jones said in regard to the military bases. The group voted in favor of allowing these discussions to continue with the Planning and Community Development Committee. Councilmembers Edward Mungia and Teri Castillo both signed onto the CCR and comprise the Planning and Community Development Committee with Galvan and Sukh Kaur . Peter Bella, a former environmental planner and concerned resident, expressed his support of the CCR and said San Antonio citizens need to be cognizant of an impact to their water and electricity bills as well. “We need to be extremely vigilant and make sure that the people, the customers, know what’s going on as far as the demands that data centers require of them,” he said. Mapping the dozens of data centers in San Antonio; City Council to consider first request for center policy planningRyan Cerna is a digital news trainee at KSAT. Cerna graduated with degrees in Journalism and Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas in 2024. He has worked in newsrooms in Austin and New York City before his time in San Antonio.Realtor emphasizes strategic pricing in San Antonio’s cooling real estate marketRoosevelt Avenue’s deadly reputation pushes community plea for immediate safety improvements‘I was devastated’: Woman who lost everything in apartment fire retains attorneyConsumer Reports: Instacart’s AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating your grocery billRecords: Cibolo spent $100K+ defending officer after state audit found past family violence caseVictim of west Bexar County porch pirate warns others to protect holiday packagesPlane crashes into car on Florida highwayVeterans demand change after second suicide in 8 months outside San Antonio VA hospitalWould you pay to park at La Cantera?
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