Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Texas (2026)
40 rules on the books across Texas, 29 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
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Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.
Frisco
Significant RestrictionsFrisco's Unified Development Code treats "Data Center" as its own zoning use, defined as a building or group of…
Read full rule →Irving
Significant RestrictionsIn Irving, a data center is a principal use allowed only by Conditional Use Permit, and only in the C-W, ML-20, ML-20a…
Read full rule →Round Rock
Significant RestrictionsRound Rock has no by-right zoning category for data centers; siting requires a case-by-case Planned Unit Development…
Read full rule →Texas City
Significant RestrictionsChapter 162 of the Texas City Code of Ordinances, written for battery energy storage systems, defines similar projects…
Read full rule →Wylie
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Wylie, a data center needs a Special Use Permit in the Commercial Corridor district and is permitted…
Read full rule →Cedar Park
Some RestrictionsCedar Park allows data centers by right only in six nonresidential zoning districts, not in any residential, mixed-use…
Read full rule →Dallas
Some RestrictionsDallas's Chapter 51A Development Code has no "data center" use category, so a server-farm developer must have the use…
Read full rule →Denton
Some RestrictionsDenton's zoning code allows warehouse and modular data centers only in specific commercial and industrial districts…
Read full rule →Fort Worth
Some RestrictionsFort Worth's zoning ordinance defines 'data center' as its own land use and permits it by right only in the city's…
Read full rule →Fulshear
Some RestrictionsFulshear's zoning code has no dedicated data center use category, so the city administrator decides case by case…
Read full rule →Kyle
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Kyle, data centers are a permitted use only inside the Plum Creek Planned Unit Development's "EMP"…
Read full rule →Plano
Some RestrictionsPlano's zoning ordinance defines a Data Center at Sec. 8.200 as a facility whose primary service is data processing…
Read full rule →Temple
Some RestrictionsTemple's zoning code defines two separate data center use classes, Large and Small, based on a 10,000-square-foot…
Read full rule →Victoria
Some RestrictionsVictoria's Unified Development Ordinance requires data centers and crypto mining farms to secure all county, state, and…
Read full rule →El Paso
Light RestrictionsEl Paso allows data centers by right in its two industrial zoning districts (M-1 and M-2) and in high-intensity…
Read full rule →Lubbock
Light RestrictionsLubbock's zoning code lists no data center use in its Land Use Matrix. A data center is sited through the unlisted-use…
Read full rule →San Antonio
Light RestrictionsSan Antonio's UDC has no dedicated data-center use. Data centers fall under "Office Data Processing & Management" in…
Read full rule →Data Center Noise Limits
Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against continuous hum.
Austin
Some RestrictionsAustin sets one numeric sound limit that reaches the cooling plant and rooftop units on a data center site: mechanical…
Read full rule →Celina
Some RestrictionsData centers sited in Celina's Industrial district can't emit noise beyond the average intensity of street traffic at…
Read full rule →Corpus Christi
Some RestrictionsCorpus Christi has no data-center-specific noise rule. A facility's chillers, cooling towers, and generators fall under…
Read full rule →Denton
Some RestrictionsDenton restricts data center operations, including on-site electrical equipment, to a maximum of 60 dBA measured at the…
Read full rule →Fulshear
Some RestrictionsNo data-center-specific ordinance exists; Fulshear's citywide noise code caps sound at 85 dB(A) daytime and 70 dB(A)…
Read full rule →Irving
Some RestrictionsIrving's noise code singles out standby generators at data centers: they cannot be tested or run for maintenance…
Read full rule →Kyle
Some RestrictionsKyle's Plum Creek Planned Unit Development sets a district-wide noise ceiling for its "EMP" employment district, the…
Read full rule →Laredo
Some RestrictionsLaredo has no data-center-specific noise code, but its noise ordinance caps air-conditioning and mechanical cooling…
Read full rule →Longview
Some RestrictionsLongview has no noise standard written for data centers specifically. Its general noise ordinance bans offensive loud…
Read full rule →Mission
Some RestrictionsMission caps noise from any nonresidential property, including data center cooling and generator equipment, at 65…
Read full rule →New Braunfels
Some RestrictionsData centers in New Braunfels must stay under 85 dB(A), or 75 dB(A) at night near homes, under the city's…
Read full rule →Odessa
Some RestrictionsOdessa's Zoning Ordinance caps industrial noise at the property line by octave band, down to 32-38 decibels at high…
Read full rule →Pharr
Some RestrictionsPharr caps noise from any nonresidential property, including data centers, at 85 dB(A) at all times, measured at the…
Read full rule →Rockwall
Some RestrictionsRockwall caps stationary industrial noise, the category data centers fall under, at 85 dBA daytime and 75 dBA at night…
Read full rule →Temple
Some RestrictionsTemple caps industrial noise at the property line: a data center in a Light or Heavy Industrial zone can't exceed 75…
Read full rule →Victoria
Some RestrictionsVictoria caps data center and crypto-mining noise at 55 decibels measured from any property line, a fixed numeric limit…
Read full rule →Bryan
Light RestrictionsBryan sets no decibel limit for data centers; instead any noise from cooling systems or generators that disturbs nearby…
Read full rule →Dallas
Light RestrictionsDallas sets no decibel ceiling on data-center noise. Equipment like chillers, cooling towers, and standby generators is…
Read full rule →Harlingen
Light RestrictionsHarlingen has no data center specific noise rule. The citywide ordinance in § 34-114 bars unreasonably loud and raucous…
Read full rule →Crypto Mining Rules
Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.
Irving
Some RestrictionsIrving has no cryptocurrency-specific ordinance. A crypto-mining operation is classified as a 'data center' under the…
Read full rule →Victoria
Some RestrictionsVictoria's zoning code sets a 500-foot residential setback and a 55-decibel noise cap for crypto mining farms and data…
Read full rule →Wylie
Some RestrictionsThe City of Wylie does not regulate cryptocurrency mining as its own use. Appendix B Section 5.2.H.8 folds it into the…
Read full rule →San Antonio
Few RestrictionsSan Antonio has no ordinance targeting cryptocurrency mining. Facilities are allowed by right in nonresidential zoning…
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