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Norwalk reports steady residential growth; data-center land prep likely in 2026
Summary
Norwalk City Manager Luke Nelson updated the board on Norwalk Central development: commercial anchors, planned library site and residential starts (127 single-family, 40 townhomes to Dec. 1); he said land prep for a future data-center site is under negotiation and could appear before city council in early 2026.
Luke Nelson, Norwalk city manager, briefed the Warren County Board on economic and residential activity in Norwalk Central and flagged a possible data-center land-preparation project.
Nelson outlined a decade-long push to create a new town center and described public and private investments that anchored Norwalk Central, including the City State Bank Field House, Sportsplex and a range of restaurants and retailers. He said the city purchased roughly six acres for a potential new library and reported residential totals through Dec. 1: 127 single-family homes and about 40 townhomes, plus a 148-unit mixed project under construction (Callaway at Holland Point).
On data centers, Nelson said a firm that prepares land for future data centers is negotiating final development-agreement items and the project may come before the city council early in 2026 with land-prep work to follow. County supervisors discussed the fiscal effects of data centers: the chair noted one existing shared data center contributes roughly "10 or 12% of the debt levy" and urged civic engagement on property-tax choices as new data centers arrive.
Board members commended Norwalk's progress and thanked Nelson for the update.
