Fort Worth Data Center Proposal Sparks Debate

0:00Edge data centers, part of Endeavor Sustainable Infrastructure Arm, wants to drop $1.1 billion on a massive AI data center right. Near Interstate 20 in Chapin School Road in Fort Worth, close to the Vio Rant spot owned by P&B Capital. The city is floating a sweet deal, 50% off property taxes on their gear for 10 years, if they build it out and create 50 jobs paying, around 73,000 bucks on average. Earlier this week at a council work session on March 10th, Fort Worth's economic team laid out the pitch and district three council member Michael. Crane jumped in with extras like sticking to residential noise rules, water caps from a Kimley Horn study, yearly compliance reports, and city, lighting plus setback standards. The land got rezoned for medium industrial use back in 2025, and it's marked as a growth center in the city's 2023 plan. Over 20 folks from the new 2871 Community Coalition showed up Tuesday to push back hard, slamming poor notifications during zoning,

1:01and demanding citywide rules like noise overlays, pre-built sound models, generator test warnings, and independent monitoring to shield neighborhoods from the buzz. P&B Capital's Taylor Baird hit back, saying they wouldn't sell off 187 acres from their 5,000 acre spread if it tanked the rest. Plus, new Senate Bill 6 from 2025 forces big data centers to cover their own power bills and prove they won't overload the grid in. Crisis. Council held off on the vote after debate. Crane pulled his motion for more time to hash it out with residents, and it'll reconvene May 12th leaving. Everyone watching how this high stakes build shakes out for the community. That's your update from Dallas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.