We, the undersigned residents of San Marcos, Crystal Clear Special Utility District, Hays, Comal, Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, and the greater area affected by impacts to the San Marcos Springs, Edwards Aquifer, Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, and Guadalupe and San Marcos River systems, call on our public officials and governing bodies to exercise their authority and discretion to protect our communities, water resources, and planning priorities from the harms of data center development.
We call on these elected officials and governing bodies to uphold their commitment to previously established long-term planning mechanisms, such as the San Marcos Comprehensive Plan, Drought Contingency plans laid out by the Crystal Clear Special Utility District and Guadalupe‑Blanco River Authority, and the Edwards Aquifer Authority’s Critical Period Management plan.
At present, neither federal authorities, the State of Texas, or local elected and appointed officials have adopted comprehensive policies to adequately monitor, regulate, or mitigate the rapid development of large-scale data centers, despite their significant impacts on water resources, land use, utility costs, and community health.
Therefore, at this time, we respectfully request that all relevant public bodies indefinitely:
- Reject all permits, service connections, rezoning requests, and project approvals for data center projects within this region.
- Preserve undeveloped land for future uses that reflect shared community values, long-term planning, and responsible stewardship of local resources.
- Enact and enforce stronger protections to prevent industrial development without meaningful community consent, particularly in residential, conservation, and agricultural areas..
- Ensure full transparency and meaningful community control of future development decisions.
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We need to prioritize protecting wildlife, natural spaces, and our sacred springs by safeguarding the air and water in our communities. No more water and energy consumption for corporate greed; STOP the proliferation of AI data centers here in Central Texas!
Please protect our sacred springs. There are other solutions to allow technology and development that works with nature not exploiting it. It is our duty to steward our natural resources for future generations and for the local creatures that depend on them.
Crystal Clear water is already struggling to maintain its water with the extra developments going on. This will NOT be okay or good. San Marcos is already in stage 4 drought and it’s still “winter”. This is not the place to do it, at all.
As a Hays County resident, I strongly oppose the construction of data centers in an area that is already suffering from drought conditions. A data center would further deplete our water availability and disrupt the fragile remains of our ecosystem.
We are in a stage 4 drought. How could we consider more data centers if we know water is a scarce resource here. Also no matter if they have a closed loop system there will still be water needed and they will pull from us here in hays county.
Data centers are so concerning for the environment —we need to protect the sustainability of our planet for our survival at all costs , as we are currently in an environmental crisis and our survival as a species is at risk .
We humans and animals can't live without water, nature can't withstand the horrible frequency
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We, the undersigned residents of San Marcos, Crystal Clear Special Utility District, Hays, Comal, Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, and the greater area affected by impacts to the San Marcos Springs, Edwards Aquifer, Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, and Guadalupe and San Marcos River systems, call on our public officials and governing bodies to exercise their authority and discretion to protect our communities, water resources, and planning priorities from the harms of data center development.
We call on these elected officials and governing bodies to uphold their commitment to previously established long-term planning mechanisms, such as the San Marcos Comprehensive Plan, Drought Contingency plans laid out by the Crystal Clear Special Utility District and Guadalupe‑Blanco River Authority, and the Edwards Aquifer Authority’s Critical Period Management plan.
At present, neither federal authorities, the State of Texas, or local elected and appointed officials have adopted comprehensive policies to adequately monitor, regulate, or mitigate the rapid development of large-scale data centers, despite their significant impacts on water resources, land use, utility costs, and community health.
Therefore, at this time, we respectfully request that all relevant public bodies indefinitely:
- Reject all permits, service connections, rezoning requests, and project approvals for data center projects within this region.
- Preserve undeveloped land for future uses that reflect shared community values, long-term planning, and responsible stewardship of local resources.
- Enact and enforce stronger protections to prevent industrial development without meaningful community consent, particularly in residential, conservation, and agricultural areas..
- Ensure full transparency and meaningful community control of future development decisions.
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
February 17, 2026
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 10, 2026
Reached 100 supporters
February 7, 2026
1,248 Comments
4th generation San Martian River Rat. There are too many physical locations tied to my family to even list. The Data Center is everything SM isn’t. Some of us are staying quiet & trying to remain calm. Our river run much deeper than these silly politics.
We need to prioritize protecting wildlife, natural spaces, and our sacred springs by safeguarding the air and water in our communities. No more water and energy consumption for corporate greed; STOP the proliferation of AI data centers here in Central Texas!
Please protect our sacred springs. There are other solutions to allow technology and development that works with nature not exploiting it. It is our duty to steward our natural resources for future generations and for the local creatures that depend on them.
Crystal Clear water is already struggling to maintain its water with the extra developments going on. This will NOT be okay or good. San Marcos is already in stage 4 drought and it’s still “winter”. This is not the place to do it, at all.
As a Hays County resident, I strongly oppose the construction of data centers in an area that is already suffering from drought conditions. A data center would further deplete our water availability and disrupt the fragile remains of our ecosystem.
We are in a stage 4 drought. How could we consider more data centers if we know water is a scarce resource here. Also no matter if they have a closed loop system there will still be water needed and they will pull from us here in hays county.
Data centers are so concerning for the environment —we need to protect the sustainability of our planet for our survival at all costs , as we are currently in an environmental crisis and our survival as a species is at risk .
We humans and animals can't live without water, nature can't withstand the horrible frequency
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4th generation San Martian River Rat. There are too many physical locations tied to my family to even list. The Data Center is everything SM isn’t. Some of us are staying quiet & trying to remain calm. Our river run much deeper than these silly politics.