Two Texas mayors, once coach and player, are clashing over who gets AI taxes, and who gets the noise

Two Texas mayors, once coach and player, are clashing over who gets AI taxes, and who gets the noise

A proposed $10 billion AI data center outside Waco has become a major political fight in central Texas, and it has also split two mayors whose relationship goes back decades. At the center of the dispute are Ross and Lacy Lakeview: one small town sits beside the planned site, while the other could reap a tax windfall even as nearby residents brace for more noise, traffic, and industrial development, according to Fortune. What happened? A propose…