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Tarrant County

Leading87.5— → stableComposite · JPAS58Completeness MediumCounty · Texas

Population 2,248,466 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate

Last scored Jul 13, 2026 · Data may be stale

Composite · JPAS tier readings

Power

Power49sourced

Power reads 49 of 100, sourced evidence. Power measures grid capacity, interconnection-queue depth, generation mix, retail price and substation density. Interconnection-queue depth is an estimated roll-up (EST); queue vintage PJM 2026-04-28, CAISO 2025-02-12.

Politics

Regulatory42sourced

Regulatory reads 42 of 100, sourced evidence. Regulatory measures air-quality designation under the Clean Air Act and commercial permitting activity. Regulatory is evidenced by air-quality designation and permitting activity; a county absent from EPA's nonattainment list reads as attainment.

Community66sourced

Community reads 66 of 100, sourced evidence. Community measures enacted moratoria, pending legislation and farmland share as signals of local consent.

Incentives100estimated

Incentives reads 100 of 100, estimated evidence. Incentives measures state program baselines and disclosed awards for data-center and industrial projects.

Resources

Water59sourced

Water reads 59 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.

Real estate / site52sourced

Real estate / site reads 52 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.

Environmental13sourced

Environmental reads 13 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.

Labor87sourced

Labor reads 87 of 100, sourced evidence. Labor measures electrician depth, wages, unemployment and prevailing-wage floors in the county labor market.

Connectivity

Connectivity is not yet activated as a brief section; the Network tier reading is shown.

Network94sourced

Network reads 94 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.

Density · JDS

Density · Emerging · 40 of 100

Data-center density is emerging in this county (JDS Emerging, 40 of 100). County grain: computed from facilities, construction and permitted projects resolved to this county.

Trajectory · JTS

  • ModeledJTS-01 Trajectory rate of change — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-02 Inflection points — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • ModeledJTS-03 Trajectory volatility — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-04 Momentum — rising — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
  • SpeculativeJTS-05 Forecast confidence decay — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.

Windows held: 2026. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.

Commercial Permit Activity

2024
1 · 0 >10k

1 permits in this jurisdiction · 0 over 10,000 sq ft

Commercial · electrical · new-construction permits filed 2024+ (Shovels.ai)

Water & Cooling Readiness

Water System Capacity & Utilization5.0/5 · DirectSRC
Water Service Provider Coverage & Type—DirectSRC
Basin Water Stress Index1/5 · Severe stressNo dataINF
Regulatory Compliance & Violation History5/5 · Very favorableDirectSRC
Reclaimed / Non-Potable Water Availability—No dataSRC
Streamflow Condition & Trend2/5 · Elevated stressState-inheritedEST
Groundwater Drawdown Trend3/5 · NormalState-inheritedEST

Water posture inferred from statewide data; no jurisdiction-level water measurement is available.

Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Local Moratorium Activity

1 data-center moratorium instrument tracked across municipalities in this county · 0 currently in force

Fort Worth

Data: Moratorium Nation (mjbommar) — CC-BY-4.0

How Tarrant County leans — five dimensions, one composite

JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score

Per-dimension posture values are not yet published for this jurisdiction.

Infrastructure Map

Faraday's Read

Tarrant County currently sits in the Leading tier with a Jurisdiction Posture Score of 87.5, reflecting a broadly favorable posture for AI data center development. The underlying attribute evidence, drawn largely from sourced-confidence data (best_confidence of 0.85 across most categories including environmental, labor, network, power, regulatory, and water), supports a Moderate quality rating of 66.25 and Medium completeness of 62.83, indicating a reasonably substantial but not exhaustive evidence base. Power, water, and environmental attributes are the most thoroughly documented categories, while incentive data rests on a single estimated-confidence attribute, so claims about incentive posture should be treated as thin. No facilities are currently recorded as operational or in development in the jurisdiction, and the forecast direction is listed as stable but with an unscored confidence, meaning near-term trajectory should not be treated as verified. The jurisdiction density score (jds) is null, leaving actual buildout levels unknown despite the strong posture ranking.

Gilbert Faraday · Jul 17, 2026

Recent Signals

No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.

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