Related Resources
A curated list of organizations, news outlets, and public records related to data center development in Bastrop County and across Texas.
Advocacy & Community
- League of Independent Voters — Linda Curtis. Active locally, on the record regarding Cedar Creek-area town hall meetings.
- Brockovich Data Center Reporting — National tracker and map of AI data center development, community impact reports, and issue concerns across the U.S.
- Big Data DamageNEW — Texas-wide data center tracker covering landowner rights, a groundwater/GCD lookup guide, and legislation/litigation tracking. Sponsored by Goff Law (Dallas) — useful content and data, but not an independent nonprofit watchdog site.
- Save Cedar Creek Lake — Not local to this project. Based in Henderson County, roughly 200 miles from Bastrop County, opposing a different developer. Included only as a reference for organizing tactics — not as a local ally group.
- Bastrop County Democratic Party — released an official statement opposing the current pace and terms of data center development in the county.
- Bastrop County Republican Party — included as a parallel listing to the Democratic Party entry above.
Local & Regional News Coverage
- Community Impact — ongoing coverage of Bastrop County government and development.
- KVUE — Austin ABC affiliate; direct town hall coverage.
- Elgin Courier — local coverage of Bastrop County-area public meetings.
- KETK — statewide water and data center coverage.
- Bastrop Advertiser — Texas' oldest weekly newspaper, covering Bastrop and Bastrop County since 1853.
- Smithville Times — local weekly covering Smithville and surrounding Bastrop County.
- Austin American-Statesman — regional daily, Central Texas political and development coverage.
- Texas Tribune — statewide investigative coverage of data center growth, water and power strain, and county-level regulatory limits.
Public Records & Primary Sources
- Aqua Water Supply Corporation — official statements and Annual Water Quality Reports.
- Bastrop County — Commissioners Court minutes and tax abatement agreements.
- Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District — public statements on service agreements.
- NOAA Drought.gov — Bastrop County drought conditions.
- Texas Comptroller — Data Center ListsNEW — Official Texas Comptroller registry of all Registered Qualifying Data Centers and Qualifying Large Data Center Projects statewide, including owner/occupant/operator names.
Who's Actually Making These Decisions?
CCDCFACTS is compiling the specific individuals and organizations involved in this project's approval — county officials, utility board members, and company representatives. This is a factual record, not an accusation list. Have a link to suggest for this page too? Same address, either way.
Submitted links are reviewed before publishing. Inclusion here is not an endorsement unless stated.