Data Center Atlas
Taylor Technology Campus (Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse)
Proposed
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed 664-acre data center campus with an on-site power plant at 3301 Farm to Market Road 112, just outside Taylor in unincorporated Williamson County, Texas, developed by Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers. Bisnow describes 500 MW of data center load with behind-the-meter generation and, citing the Austin Business Journal, says an unnamed tenant could add 500 MW. After withdrawing their annexation and zoning request in September 2026, the developers struck a deal letting the city regulate water use, noise and air quality, with reclaimed-water closed-loop cooling and about USD 28.2 million in community investments; the City Council approved it unanimously on 8 October 2026.
Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Taylor Technology Campus (Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse)
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, US. Bisnow gives the address 3301 Farm to Market Road 112; KUT places the site just outside Taylor's city limits in unincorporated Williamson County, pending annexation. The point is the Taylor city coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the site. Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 500 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-10-05 | Bisnow describes the campus as encompassing 500 MW of data center load alongside behind-the-meter on-site generation, without naming a source. Whether this is IT or facility load is not stated. | Bisnow |
| Power capacity | 500 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Potential addition by an unnamed tenant | 2026-10-05 | Reported second-hand: Bisnow attributes this to the Austin Business Journal. | Bisnow |
| Land area | 664 acres | Reported · Campus | 2026-10-09 | Bisnow, citing the Austin Business Journal, reported that the developers did not yet own the site. | Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News |
| Jobs permanent | 320 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-10-05 | Full-time jobs estimated in a report commissioned for the project, as cited by Bisnow. | Bisnow |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Watt Digital | Developer | Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News | |
| PowerHouse Data Centers | Developer | Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News | |
| City of Taylor | Government | Negotiated an annexation agreement letting it set standards on water use, noise, setbacks and air quality; the council approved it unanimously. | KUT News; KUT News |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | Other | Actual | Developers withdrew their annexation and zoning application to negotiate further on noise, water use, setbacks and community benefits, about two weeks after the planning and zoning commission delayed the item for 90 days in August. | Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News |
| 2026-10-08 | Other | Actual | Taylor City Council unanimously approved the agreement to annex the planned development at its Thursday meeting, which KUT had said was scheduled for 8 October. | KUT News; KUT News |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Behind-the-meter on-site power plant intended to meet the campus's electricity needs; the fuel is not stated by the developers or the city in the cited sources, though a resident opposing the deal referred to gas power plants. | Bisnow; KUT News; KUT News |
Status stays proposed: the approval clears annexation, but no construction start, tenant or site purchase was reported. Per a city press release cited by Bisnow, cooling is closed-loop with reclaimed water (initial fill about 1.6 million gallons, no potable water), and the developers pay for utility improvements and landscaping buffers. KUT reports about USD 28.2 million in community investments, including more than USD 10 million for Taylor ISD and local students. A commissioned report cited by Bisnow estimated about USD 1.4 billion of gross tax revenue for Taylor from 2027 to 2046; no capital investment figure was found. Taylor projects by KDC and Blueprint Projects are different builds.
Sources for these details
- Austin Suburb Set To Decide On Annexation, Zoning For Data Center Campus — Bisnow; 2026-10-05 · Archived source
- Taylor has struck a deal on a nearby data center, allowing it to annex the site and set conditions — KUT News; 2026-10-02
- Taylor City Council approves deal to clear the way for a nearby data center and power plant — KUT News; 2026-10-09
- Taylor, Texas — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Big Watt Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Big Watt Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Big Watt Digital (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: PowerHouse Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: PowerHouse Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: PowerHouse Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Taylor (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Taylor (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Taylor City Council approves deal to clear the way for a nearby data center and power plant evidence row
KUT News · published 2026-10-09 · News - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 30.57250, -97.41670
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Bisnow gives the address 3301 Farm to Market Road 112; KUT places the site just outside Taylor's city limits in unincorporated Williamson County, pending annexation. The point is the Taylor city coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the site.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 900327af
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Suburb Set To Decide On Annexation, Zoning For Data Center Campus Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | ad9ada7fa80a424c9a8a229a0f73a439083dc5c8b6f82711d113b6f9df53ae28Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Taylor City Council approves deal to clear the way for a nearby data center and power plant Archived copy | KUT News News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | KUT News | 77f4fa9de1b603d06fb63c88b117a15e8afccf9f8aa3a458d63c20801e29c315Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Taylor has struck a deal on a nearby data center, allowing it to annex the site and set conditions Archived copy | KUT News News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | KUT News | 7f4be29250be7ad0fec66513fcac5126669d3d7eefa08bf030ec5abab02e53c0Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Taylor, Texas Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | d2131b3910821a36e87fc608831a23a74c8310d1cc10c597b4b09a23f77cfb9fFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Taylor Technology Campus (Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse) [site vcc-site-450769770dfe5ea908d6]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-450769770dfe5ea908d6/
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