Denton City Council unanimously approved the submission of a $60 million loan application to the Texas Water Development Board to fund the Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant Reconstruction project at a Nov. 18 meeting.

A closer look: Planning and Engineering Division Manager Kyle Pedigo gave a presentation detailing the project and process of applying for and receiving funding.

This project will increase the capacity of the water reclamation plant to 30 million gallons per day, modernize treatment processes, enhance nutrient removal and improve long-term reliability and compliance, according to city documents.

If approved, the $60 million loan will come from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, which provides low-interest loans for wastewater and water-reclamation infrastructure and ensures compliance with environmental and financial standards, city documents state.

Quote of note: “I still believe access to water is going to be the next big civil rights issue going forward in the south and the southwest in the next 50 years, so with that I move we approve this resolution,” council member Brandon McGee said.

Highland Homes will begin selling homes in Landmark in Denton this winter, according to a company representative.

A closer look: The master-planned community broke ground Nov. 13 and will feature trails, park space, on-site schools and retail space, including Denton’s first H-E-B.

Highland’s homes in Landmark will be on 50-foot lots, featuring 2,200 to 3,600 square feet of living space, and are priced from the high $500,000s, per a company news release. A Highland Homes model home is already under construction.

What they're saying: “Our collaboration with Hillwood spans 25 years, so we know this community will bring robust amenities and a deep connectivity to community—a Hillwood community trademark,” Jason Walker, Vice President of Sales with Highland Homes said, in the release.

Google is targeting Texas for future investments in data and artificial infrastructure, with $40 billion expected to be spent on adding three new data centers.

Federal, state and local leaders announced the new centers to be constructed in Armstrong and Haskell counties at a Nov. 14 event at the first Texas Google Data Center in Midlothian, near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The gist: One new data center will be constructed in Armstrong County near Amarillo, and two new data centers will be constructed in Haskell County near Abilene. One center in Haskell County will also use a new solar and battery energy storage plant.

“They say that everything is bigger in Texas—and that certainly applies to the golden opportunity with AI,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said.

Also of note: The driverless car company Waymo is expanding to North Texas in 2026, Pichai said.