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Fort Worth approves revised $10B data center campus plan
The revised plan adds an electrical substation and cuts the campus land footprint by 50%, reducing the area used for the project by changing the allowable building height.
Fort Worth City Council approved a revised site plan for a just over 1M SF, $10B data center campus from Black Mountain after months of delays. The project will be built on 187 acres in the southeast portion of the city, with the changes intended to move the development forward.
The approval included adding an electrical substation, and it would allow the four other buildings on Black Mountain’s energy consortium campus to rise up to 70 feet tall. The developer presentation said the increased building height lets the company reduce the land used for the campus by 50%, and the site plan sets more than 300 feet between data center buildings and nearby homes, according to the Fort Worth Report, as cited by Bisnow.
Community debate continued alongside the vote. A local business owner spoke in favor, while community activist Ambike Sharma asked that the item be tabled again until Fort Worth’s new Data Center and Infrastructure Commission completes its work and recommendations, after the city formed the commission on Aug. 11.
The commission is expected to deliver recommendations to the council on Nov. 3, and during the Aug. 11 meeting the council also took initial steps toward a proposed 90-day moratorium on data center projects. Bisnow reports the potential moratorium could begin in mid-February, and it would not apply to already approved projects or those that have submitted zoning applications, while other North Texas cities continue to face similar review processes.