Temple, TX

September 14, 2026

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Rowan's $4.2B Cleared Water and Power; One Zoning Vote Remains Sept. 17

September 7, 2026

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Temple Clears First Readings on Rowan's $4.2B Campus

September 3, 2026

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Prosper Zoning Blocks White Rose's $580M on 1,600 Precinct Votes

July 26, 2026

Meta's $1.2 billion AI-optimized center opened in Temple Wednesday, its first U.S. facility purpose-built for AI.

July 23, 2026

UT Austin's Michael Webber names opacity as the core problem, and the counter is visible in Meta's just-opened $1.2 billion Temple campus, which front-loaded $1.7 million in community commitments and closed-loop cooling using less water than a local golf course.

June 2, 2026

Rowan Digital Infrastructure's $3 billion Temple campus shows the Texas version working: 700 acres, 300 MW Phase I, no new electrical infrastructure required, water recirculation built in from the start.

May 29, 2026

Rowan closed $3B for its 300 MW Temple campus (Blackstone and Quinbrook-backed, 2027 in-service).

May 17, 2026

Meanwhile in Temple, Rowan Digital Infrastructure refused to confirm total planned capacity across approved projects (Temple, Stampede, Ranger) even as parent Quinbrook's own website advertises 1,350 acres and 1.6 GW "planned between 2026 and 2030."

April 30, 2026

Temple Mayor Timothy Davis quantified the local case in a letter to residents: closed-loop cooling charges roughly 2 million gallons that recirculate for 10-12 years, with daily domestic use capped at 4,000 gallons, less than a sit-down restaurant.

April 21, 2026

Temple's city council approved a third Rowan Digital Infrastructure datacenter 4-0 with one abstention, and organizer Carly Byrd is now gathering signatures for a recall.

April 1, 2026

Meanwhile, Central Texas's corridor from Temple to San Antonio now carries 7,823 MW of planned capacity against just 1,154 MW operating, with 96% of construction pre-leased.

March 9, 2026

In Temple, Meta has **$1.5 billion** across two facilities: an $800 million project under construction since May 2025 and a $700 million facility where Rowan Digital Infrastructure broke ground last week.