Taylor, Texas: 500 MW Data Center Approved With $28.2M in Strings - CRE AI Briefing, Oct 10, 2026

Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers won a 5-0 Taylor City Council vote on a 664-acre, gas-powered data center campus, with no tax abatements, reclaimed-water cooling and a developer-projected $1.38 billion in city tax revenue over 20 years. The same Thursday night, Lexington, Kentucky's council voted 11-0 to extend its data center moratorium through October 2027, freezing development plans, zoning changes and permits. For CRE land buyers, the entitlement calendar now matters as much as the power.

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https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2026-10-09/taylor-tx-annex-data-center-power-plant
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/taylor-city-council-greenlights-data-center-after-months-of-debate
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/taylor-city-council-set-to-vote-on-664-acre-technology-campus
https://www.taylorpress.net/article/12441,power-plant-data-center-agreement-approved
https://taylortx.gov/1416/Taylor-Technology-Campus
https://www.wuky.org/wuky-news/2026-10-09/lexington-council-extends-data-center-moratorium-through-october-2027
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https://www.lex18.com/news/local-news/lexington-extends-data-center-moratorium