Residents press Tyrone council for records and tighter rules over Project Rita data center

Jul 17, 2026

At a Tyrone Town Council meeting, residents raised environmental and transparency concerns about Project Rita, a proposed data center on a 161-acre site; staff said the town's Business Technology Park (BTP) zoning and environmental ordinances already impose stricter standards but that no engineering or permitting applications have been submitted yet.

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Residents pressed the Tyrone Town Council during public comment to disclose records and tighten rules after the proposal for Project Rita, a data center campus, drew opposition tied to groundwater, noise and nondisclosure agreements.

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