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Residents urge Waco council to act as opposition grows to proposed 500‑acre data center in county ETJ
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Waco City Council to oppose or address a proposed ~500‑acre Infra Key data center planned in the county/ETJ, citing water use, noise, pollution and limited local benefits; the mayor noted those proposals are in extraterritorial jurisdiction and have not yet come before the council.
Several residents used the hearing of visitors at the Dec. 2 Waco City Council meeting to urge the council to scrutinize and, when appropriate, block a proposed large‑scale data center project north of the city that speakers said would occupy roughly 500 acres.
Mark Dawson told council he represented families north of Waco and asked that the council consider the long‑term consequences for local ways of life if such a plant proceeds. "It's also going to be about whether or not you choose to preserve a way of life that has been going there for probably a couple of hundred…
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