A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center
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- Farmers deeded 87 acres to Taylor, Texas, in 1999 for a public park for a nominal $10.
- Taylor sold the land to data center developer Blueprint for $10 million in 2025.
- The land, intended for community use, will now host a 135,000 square foot data center.
- Longtime resident Pamela Griffin and her family have generations of memories on the land.
- The data center will be located 500 feet from Griffin's home near a substation and railroad tracks.