A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead
Summary
The article reports on a farmer gifting land for a park in 1999, which Taylor, Texas later sold to a data center developer for $10 million in 2025, resulting in a 135,000 sq ft data center near residential areas. It frames tensions between community land use and data infrastructure development, highlighting local governance and economic implications; the piece appears behind a paywall.