Data center developers are already building across South Texas, so local leaders in a coalition drafted a contract available for any community seeking a fairer trade for the multi-billion-dollar projects.
The Texas Rio Grande Valley AI Data Center Community Benefit Agreement Term Sheet was approved by the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council, a coalition of local governments, in late October.
The new resource is meant for local government officials considering ways to negotiate a fair trade for the tsunami of hyperscale data centers meant to power artificial intelligence.
Jordana Barton-Garcia of Connect Humanity spearheaded the effort, working with a coalition of more than 50 organizations and dozens of leaders, from grassroots community organizers to economic development officials.
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is a versatile multimedia news reporter who lives and works along the Texas-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. Mosbrucker-Garza is a news reporter for the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. During her career she's worked for the McAllen Monitor, San Antonio Business Journal, The Advocate Newspaper in Louisiana, Phoenix New Times, and public media outlets in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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