Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Texas (2026)
35 rules on the books across Texas, 26 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
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 →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 →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 has no data-center-specific noise ordinance. A data center's mechanical and cooling equipment near homes falls…
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 →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 →San Antonio
Few RestrictionsSan Antonio has no ordinance targeting cryptocurrency mining. Facilities are allowed by right in nonresidential zoning…
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