The impact of billion-dollar data centers in water-stressed Medina County

The impact of billion-dollar data centers in water-stressed Medina County

Late at night, lights seep in through the windows of Medina County Commissioner Larry Sittre’s home.These aren’t floodlights from a home next door. Instead, a growing data center has joined Sittre’s neighborhood.For Sittre, an uneven night’s rest is a small price to pay for what he expects to be big changes in Medina County. The area is slated to become a hot spot for data centers, with a handful of nearly billion-dollar projects in development,…