Data Center Census

Taylor, Williamson County, TX

Blueprint Taylor Data Center

Also known as Blueprint Projects Data Center, Blueprint Taylor DC

ApprovedCity Council approved the Employment Center Plan in July 2025; residents' appeal is pending and the Texas Attorney General opened an investigation into the land deal in September 2026
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Blueprint is planning a 135,000-square-foot, three-building data center on a 52-acre parcel in southeast Taylor. The land had been conveyed in 1999 to be held in trust as future parkland; the Taylor Economic Development Corporation sold it to the developer for $10,000,000 on April 11, 2025. The City Council approved the project's Employment Center Plan unanimously on July 24, 2025. Residents are appealing a lawsuit over the land, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the deal.

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity60 MW [2]
ultimate target; initial power agreement with Oncor for 30MW
Source excerpt
“has a power agreement with Oncor for 30MW of power. Ultimately, the data center hopes to reach 60MW”
Site size52 acres [2]
Source excerpt
“The data center will be located on a 52-acre parcel at 1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Taylor”
Floor area135,000 sq ft [1]
Source excerpt
“135,000 square foot data center”
Buildings3 [1]
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“three buildings, an electricity substation to power it, backup power generators, and a closed-loop cooling system”
Stated investment$1 billion [1]
three phases
Source excerpt
“three phases with a total investment of $1 billion”
Permanent jobs (promised)20-30 [2]
range: between 20 and 30 jobs
Source excerpt
“for the data center to create between 20 and 30 jobs”
Target completionEnergized by 2027 [3]
Source excerpt
“The project planned for Taylor is expected to have a capacity of 60 megawatts and will be energized by 2027.”

Power

UtilityOncor [2]
power agreement for 30MW
Source excerpt
“has a power agreement with Oncor for 30MW of power”
Power supplyElectric grid, via an on-site electricity substation [1]
Source excerpt
“The project will be connected to the electric grid for power supply.”
Backup generatorsbackup power generators [1]
Source excerpt
“three buildings, an electricity substation to power it, backup power generators, and a closed-loop cooling system”

Water

Coolingclosed-loop [1]
Source excerpt
“three buildings, an electricity substation to power it, backup power generators, and a closed-loop cooling system”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesChapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with BPP Projects LLC, authorized by City Council August 8, 2024 [1]
Source excerpt
“Taylor City Council authorized a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with BPP Projects LLC | August 8, 2024”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteTaylor City Council approved the Employment Center Plan unanimously on July 24, 2025 [2]
Source excerpt
“received unanimous approval from the council on July 24”
ZoningDesignated Employment Center on the future land use map [1]
Source excerpt
“the property in question was designated employment center in the future land use map”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Timeline

  1. Bonnibel Bland Cromwell and relatives convey the roughly 87-acre tract to the Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation [3]

  2. Taylor EDC approves agreement with BPP Projects LLC [1]

  3. City Council authorizes a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with BPP Projects LLC [1]

  4. Taylor EDC sells the property to the developer for $10,000,000 [1]

  5. Planning & Zoning Commission holds public hearing on the Employment Center Plan [1]

  6. City Council approves the Employment Center Plan [1]

  7. Appeal by residents against NCP Travis TPP Project, LLC is pending before the Fifteenth Court of Appeals [6]

  8. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches an investigation into the land deal [3]

Issues raised

  • Residents raised concerns about noise, light pollution, electromagnetic fields, water and air pollution [4]
  • The Halt Taylor Data Center Coalition delivered a petition of 14,000 signatures to the City Council [4]
  • Residents say the land was given to be held in trust for parkland; the Attorney General says he will seek court intervention if the property is subject to a charitable trust [3][5]

Sources

  1. Blueprint Projects Data Center
    City of Taylor, TX · government
  2. Blueprint Projects gets greenlight for data center in Taylor, Texas
    DatacenterDynamics · Jul 28, 2025 · news
  3. Paxton Begins Investigation into Data Center Land Deal
    Texas Scorecard · Sep 17, 2026 · news
  4. Proposed data center in Taylor draws pushback from community
    FOX 7 Austin · Jun 11, 2026 · news
  5. Texas Family Donated Land for a Park—Now a Data Center Is Being Built on It
    Newsweek · Jun 20, 2026 · news
  6. Pamela Griffin, et al. v. NCP Travis TPP Project, LLC (appellee's motion for extension, No. 15-25-00202-CV)
    CourtListener · Dec 19, 2025 · court