Michael Slattery, chairman of the Fort Worth Data Center & Infrastructure Commission, presented a report on data centers at a special Fort Worth City Council meeting Nov. 10.

The overview: The TCU professor was tapped to lead an 11-member commission of experts in various fields who reviewed four pillars: electricity and energy reliability, water use and local resources, land use and neighborhood impacts and economic impacts.

The final report and recommendations were provided in a 156-page packet to council. No action was taken by council members following the report.

According to an email from District 10 Council Member Chris Jamieson's office, the report serves as proposed guidance for council. Changes to zoning, noise standards, water policy or incentive practices would require a council vote through the process outlined in the city charter.

The city of Roanoke has a new dance studio in on Oak Street.

Former professional ballet dancer Katia Almayeva opened opened her own studio, Premier Dance Centre, in October.

The details: Premier Dance Centre offers ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, yoga, hot yoga and stretching and conditioning classes for children and adults. Almayeva said ballet is the foundation of the studio.

“A lot of studios have professional dancers, but they are retired and coach,” she said. “Ours are still doing it. It is very rare. It’s very hard to hire company dancers because they're obviously very busy. They're having shows all the time. We have found a great balance.”

What else? The location was previously occupied by Bingham Family Vineyard, a wine tasting room.

Almayeva said the space was perfect when she was looking for her own spot. She said the studio offers a draw with the classical training in ballet and is further supplemented by the North Oak Street corridor.

• 409 N. Oak St., Ste. 100, Roanoke

Five Dallas-Fort Worth-area orthopedic practices have merged and now operate as OrthoTexas Sports Medicine & Spine, according to a social media post.

All-Star Orthopaedics, AOA Orthopedic Specialists, North Texas Orthopedics & Spine Center, Orthopedic Associates and OrthoTexas Orthopedic & Sports Medicine were the practices in the merger. News of the transition was announced in June, according to previous reporting.

The merger, which combines 70 physicians across 22 locations, became official on Nov. 2.

The details: Physician specialties will include orthopedics, spine, sports medicine, joint replacement, hand and upper extremity, foot and ankle, pain management, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. OrthoTexas will also offer on-site physical therapy, X-ray and MRI at many of its locations, according to previous reporting.

Zooming in: The merger created OrthoTexas offices throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area: Grapevine, Fort Worth, Southlake, Frisco, Plano, Denton, Carrollton, Flower Mound, Northlake, DeSoto, Mansfield, Midlothian, Irving and Arlington, according to the website.

Texas' first female lieutenant governor, Austin state Rep. Vikki Goodwin, held her first news conference since the election on Nov. 10 in Austin.

What happened: Goodwin, a Democrat, also announced her political transition team, which is led by lobbyist Angela Hale and outgoing state Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie.

The team, which includes four former state senators—two Democrats and two Republicans—will help prepare Goodwin to take over as lieutenant governor in January and work with state senators.

"My focus right now is sitting down with each senator, many of whom I worked with while in the House, to talk about their individual priorities and how we can work together so they can represent their districts," Goodwin told reporters Nov. 10.

More context: Goodwin will preside over the Republican-majority Texas Senate. How much power she will have over the chamber is largely up to senators, who will approve new Senate rules when the legislature convenes Jan. 12.