In Taylor, critics rally against data centers

With three announced data centers planning to build in the Taylor area, the Halt Taylor Data Centers Coalition has ramped up efforts to let people know more about the industry and what they say are potential negative impacts to the community.

The group held a press conference Wednesday, March 25, at 210 Buttercup Road, a community park next to the site of a planned data center, and called for residents to attend the Thursday, March 26, City Council meeting and ask city leaders to hold off on approving zoning changes that would allow data center Project Comal to proceed.

Critics of the project want council members to wait until the city has had more time to revise its regulations governing local data-center developments.