Round Rock City Council will consider an ordinance to rezone 57 acres between Chisholm Trail and North Mays Street at its Nov. 21 meeting.

If passed, the Chisholm Planned Unit Development would allow for the development of a new data center.

What is it?

The land, which encompasses space on either side of I-35 in Round Rock, has a general commercial zoning designation. City plans show a tech center with a fenced in data facility, an electric substation and commercial buildings.

Round Rock’s Planning and Zoning department recommended approval for developer Highland Resources Incorporated to proceed with the project.

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Round Rock is home to similar facilities, including Sabey Data Center, which opened in July. Additionally, Switch is constructing a data center on land previously belonging to Dell Technologies.

A project to construct a new Amazon facility near CR 172 and SH 45 would also allow for a data center in the future, city officials said, although no plans to construct one have been announced.

What they’re saying

Place 1 City Council member Rene Flores expressed concern on the influx of data facilities in Round Rock.

“At what point as a city do we hit the max number of data centers we can support?” he asked at a Nov. 19 agenda packet briefing.

City Council will vote on the ordinance Nov. 21 after holding a public hearing to consider community member feedback on the zoning request.