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Granbury, TX

Granbury, Texas is a city in Hood County that has experienced increased interest from data center developers due to its proximity to major power infrastructure and available land in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

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May 25, 2026

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Texas Ranks First on Power. A 5,500-Person Town Decides the Water.

In Granbury, residents are suing after the city annexed and rezoned 2,100 acres for "Project Patriot" without public notice, plus a separate suit against MARA Holdings over Bitcoin mining noise.

May 1, 2026

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Fort Bliss Becomes the Borderland's Third Gigawatt Build in 18 Months

Hood County and Granbury residents have filed litigation and packed meetings; Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller floated "Agriculture Freedom Zones" in January to redirect projects toward marginal land and brownfields.

April 6, 2026

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When Military Strikes Take Down Cloud Regions, Location Becomes Strategy

Granbury heads into a Tuesday zoning fight over a 2,100-acre data center power plant site, Panhandle residents are mobilizing over aquifer depletion, and ITIF just handed policymakers a framework arguing the fix is market design, not consumption caps.

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