Matt Long

10/05/2026

Project Patriot will require a power plant larger than anything that currently exists in Texas. This will sit on a hill 132 feet (elevation-wise) above our award winning and historic town square.

Please take 2 minutes to contest this power plant application with your own words or simply copy/paste some of the objections below:

Link: https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.welcome&error1=You+must+enter+a+permit+number.

Enter Permit Number: 180579

I object to the project based on the following reasons:

1. Its proximity to Granbury Airport (Thermal Pockets and Reflections on Runway Approach).

2. Its proximity to local communities (Industrial Immediately next to Residential).

3. Its proximity to the local hospital.

4. Its proximity to the local schools.

5. Its proximity to a local retirement home.

6. Its conflict with a previously approved thoroughfare plan passed in a previous bond vote.

7. The project will require a power plant / energy campus larger than anything that currently exists in Texas in a county that already has multiple power plants and is already dealing with air quality issues. There are also 5+ other projects in our county that will require additional on-site power generation through TCEQ. We ask TCEQ consider this when granting or denying applications. This is in a county that the state of Texas has singled out in the Texas Local Government Code (231.K) as a place of recreation for the residents of the entire state, not a sacrificial zone for industry.

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10/05/2026

Data Center Triple Header: Hood County, TX

Tuesday October 13th: Sailfish and Comanche Circle, Project Lion and Project Panther are in Commissioners Court at 9am (1200 West Pearl). Sailfish is requesting to start construction with no reviews or approvals, LOL.

Wednesday October 14th: Pacifico is in District Court with Judge Bufkin at 9am (1200 West Pearl). The are requesting relief from their rejected concept plan.

Thursday, October 15th: Pacifico is at the Upper Trinity requesting an application for well water to feed their massive data center and power plant project across the river from Pecan Plantation (5pm, 1859 W Hwy 199, Springtown, TX 76082 ).

And then for bonus points, "The Data Center Next Door" at the Conference Center at 6:30pm on October 15th (621 E. Pearl St). That also happens to be the night of Development Commission and Upper Trinity.

09/21/2026

Is this a win against Project Spectrum? This was from 60 Minutes today…
Also nice interview with Dave Eagle…

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/data-centers-60-minutes-transcript/

09/15/2026

My review of Trumps latest posts on data centers and all the “stupid” people that are against it. If you are anti-data center, you are a conspiracy theorist and a traitor… just FYI

09/15/2026

From the Capital Steps

09/13/2026

09/05/2026

Is there a connection between AI data centers and water beyond the physical need for cooling? In this video we hear from a few people that water actually has its own data storage capabilities and even its own image generation capabilities. We know this data center fight is sinister, but how sinister is it?

What do you think?

08/19/2026

Full Speech from my testimony in front of the Texas House Committee on State Affairs and their meeting on Data Centers. This meeting focused on the need of electricity and water by these facilities.

Overall, I was very impressed with the committee’s focus and follow up questions to all speakers.