Back to All Media What Texas Data-Center Developers Can Learn From the Shale Boom Rural development that scars the land, trucks that snarl traffic and tear up the roads, security lights that brighten our dark skies, noisy operations that disturb bucolic silence, man camps with their attendant challenges, and competition for water that makes drought-weary Texans nervous — all balanced against promises of untold riches, tax revenues for local governments and job creation. Share Article Rural development that scars the land, trucks that snarl traffic and tear up the roads, security lights that brighten our dark skies, noisy operations that disturb bucolic silence, man camps with their attendant challenges, and competition for water that makes drought-weary Texans nervous — all balanced against promises of untold riches, tax revenues for local governments and job creation.