IOWA COLONY, Texas - Iowa Colony City Council is set to discuss a resolution opposing data centers at its July 20 meeting in city council chambers, as residents and officials raise concerns about the impact on water, electricity and quality of life in the small city just south of Houston.

Data centers - large facilities that store, process and manage digital information for cloud services, AI systems, businesses and government operations - have become a hot topic in and around Houston.

Iowa Colony, a rapidly growing city in Brazoria County about 20 to 30 minutes south of the metro, is taking what officials describe as preventative measures.