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Taylor, Texas is a city in Williamson County located approximately 30 miles northeast of Austin that has experienced significant growth in data center development due to its proximity to major fiber optic networks and reliable electrical infrastructure.
June 22, 2026
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ERCOT Studies Big Loads in Batches Now. The Queue Math Just Changed.
In Taylor, BPP Projects' $1 billion campus on a former parkland tract leans on closed-loop cooling the city says uses minimal water, even as 14,000 petition signatures landed at City Council.
June 9, 2026
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Deliverable Demand Is the New Dividing Line in ERCOT's Queue
Blueprint's $1 billion Taylor project survived community litigation when a state district court dismissed the case in October 2025 (an appeal is pending at Austin's Third Court of Appeals), with the city projecting $30 million in municipal revenue and the school district $20 million over a decade.
April 9, 2026
Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to WriteCommunity opposition is coalescing in coordinated fashion: a San Antonio convening called "Texas Data Center Rebellion" brought organizers from El Paso, Taylor, Amarillo, San Antonio, and DFW.
April 8, 2026
Texas Built Its Tax Break for Yesterday's Data Center MarketSamsung's $17 billion Taylor fab pulled Oncor transmission assets into eastern WilCo, directly enabling the buildout.
March 28, 2026
Texas Built the Datacenter Boom. Now It's Auditing the Deal.Taylor City Council approved a $2.5 billion KDC campus next to Samsung's chip plant.
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