Three town halls will offer Bastrop County residents and stakeholders a chance to ask questions about three planned Cedar Creek data center campuses spanning nearly 1,500 acres.
What you need to know
Bastrop County Commissioner David Glass asked data center developer EdgeConneX to host the meetings so residents could receive information on topics including water usage, infrastructure planning and potential community impacts directly from project representatives.
The upcoming town halls include:
- June 16: North Bastrop County Community Annex, 704 Bull Run Road, Elgin, 6-8 p.m.
- June 17: Smithville Recreation Center, 106 Royston St., Smithville, 6-8 p.m.
- June 18: Bastrop County Community Center, 15 American Legion Drive, Bastrop, 6-8 p.m.
The details
Lyndsey Schroeder, executive assistant to the Bastrop County judge, said three EdgeConneX campus projects are in various stages of development and review, including:
- Campus No. 1 is underway at 6682 FM 535, Cedar Creek, and includes about 112 acres, about $440 million in capital improvements and one two-story building totaling about 578,000 square feet. As previously reported by Community Impact, the county approved a tax abatement agreement for that campus in December 2024, and completion is expected this summer.
- Campus No. 2 includes properties at 6682 FM 535 and 6402 FM 535 in Cedar Creek, according to Bastrop County Appraisal District records. It includes 951 acres and about $1.4 billion in capital improvements. Schroeder said two buildings are currently proposed, with seven additional buildings anticipated in future phases.
- Campus No. 3 could house nine data center buildings on 400 acres at 6543 FM 535 in Cedar Creek, and an adjacent lot, according to county records. Schroeder said the project remains in the preliminary stages. Requests from EdgeConneX so far relate to excavation and grading activities, she added, noting that no permit applications have been submitted for the data center buildings themselves.
Schroeder noted that EdgeConneX has not submitted any tax abatement requests for campuses 2 and 3.
One more thing
As reported by Community Impact in March, county officials hired PFM Group Consulting on March 9 to analyze the fiscal impact of data center developments in the area. Schroeder said that study is still underway.
