Fort Worth leaders receive data center recommendations that could lead to moratorium on development

Fort Worth leaders could put a temporary moratorium on data center developments as the city learns how to manage the industry's growing impact.

Fort Worth data center moratorium Local perspective: On Tuesday, November 10, the Fort Worth Data Center & Infrastructure Commission, a commission appointed by the Fort Worth City Council in August, delivered recommendations on data center development in the city.

The commission gave 19 recommendations in total after studying four areas of data center development: electricity, water use, land use and neighborhood impacts, and economic impacts.