After hearing more than two hours of testimony Monday in the case of a group of Taylor citizens trying to keep a data center out of their neighborhood, Judge Ryan Larson said he would give a ruling by the end of the week. The case is being heard in Williamson County’s 395th District Court, 405 Martin Luther King St., Georgetown.
Pamela Griffin, one of the group members who filed the lawsuit, said it was sad that the neighbors had to fight for themselves rather than the city fighting for them.
“The heartbreaking thing is our mayor doesn’t care for us. Our City Council isn’t working for us,” Griffin said.
Taylor City Council voted in 2024 to give Blueprint Data Centers an incentive package to support their development on the south side property. City Council and the Economic Development Corp. approved a 50% rebate on property taxes for 10 years on each of the three phases of construction for the $1 billion project. In addition, the company will get a 50% rebate on local sales-and-use tax collected on construction material purchases.
Community supporter Carrie D’Anna said she was happy to see so many people show up to support the neighborhood effort. More than 30 people from Taylor came, many dressed in red to show unity.
Taylor resident Kimberly Foley doesn’t live on the south side of the city, but she came to court to support residents she heard were fighting for their community.
“I think this is a very important issue. I feel like there are people who I don’t know, but they are asking us to support them in protecting their neighborhood from something that will impact all of Taylor and specifically people on the south side,” Foley said.
The lawsuit was filed against NCP Travis TPP Project LLC, the parent of Blueprint Data Center, by Pamela, Corey, Michelle and Ralph Griffin and Polly Randle, all residents of the community near land NCP purchased for development. The suit is based on a line in a 1999 deed that transferred the property from its previous owners to non-profit Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation. The deed included a line stating the land was “to be held in trust for future use as parkland by Williamson County.”
