Data centers in Williamson County, Texas

No data center in Williamson County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Compass Red Oak campus, about 138 miles away, being built. The nearest running is Google Pflugerville Data Center, 14 miles away.

No county rule about data centers is on the record for Williamson County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: Coalition members filed legal motion with Third Court of Appeals claiming Taylor violated Texas Open Meetings Act and city charter by not taking action on proposed data center ban (Taylor), reported September 24, 2026.

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The closest data centers to Williamson County

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Texas and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

Nearest one planned

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Compass Red Oak campus

Red Oak, Ellis County · Compass Datacenters

Latest, reported April 21, 2026: A Texas developer obtained $2 billion in financing to build Oracle data centers near Dallas

About 138 miles from the center of Williamson County to the center of Red Oak.

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Nearest one running

Running

Google Pflugerville Data Center

Pflugerville, Travis County · Google

No dated entry on the record yet.

14 miles from the center of Williamson County to the site.

What Williamson County has decided 1 body, 6 decisions on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

Body	Level	Rating	In force until	Latest act	Acts	Verified
Taylor	city	not rated		Coalition members filed legal motion with Third Court of Appeals claiming Taylor violated Texas Open Meetings Act and city charter by not taking action on proposed data center ban. texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Sep 246 acts on this row Every act on the Taylor row Reported Sep 24 litigation Coalition members filed legal motion with Third Court of Appeals claiming Taylor violated Texas Open Meetings Act and city charter by not taking action on proposed data center ban texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Sep 17 event Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened investigation into proposed AI data center in Taylor, questioning whether project sits on land set aside for public parkland, with investigation examining whether trust and restrictions were properly modified, released, or terminated dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Jul 9 litigation Taylor City Council did not take action on proposed data center ban at July 9 meeting; Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Cmerek said approving the ban could open the city up to lawsuit from the state because state law does not allow a city to enact or change its zoning by popular vote texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet July 2026 moratorium Taylor residents in Williamson County tried to get their city council to temporarily ban data centers in July; effort led by Halt Taylor Data Center Coalition which collected over 1,400 signatures texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet 2009 event Property transferred to Taylor Economic Development Corporation in 2009 dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet 2003 acquisition City of Taylor acquired property in 2003 for $10 dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Last verified September 24, 2026.	6	2026-09-24

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Reported September 24, 2026LitigationTaylor

Coalition members filed legal motion with Third Court of Appeals claiming Taylor violated Texas Open Meetings Act and city charter by not taking action on proposed data center ban

texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet
Reported September 17, 2026Scorecard eventTaylor

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened investigation into proposed AI data center in Taylor, questioning whether project sits on land set aside for public parkland, with investigation examining whether trust and restrictions were properly modified, released, or terminated

dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
July 9, 2026LitigationTaylor

Taylor City Council did not take action on proposed data center ban at July 9 meeting; Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Cmerek said approving the ban could open the city up to lawsuit from the state because state law does not allow a city to enact or change its zoning by popular vote

texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet
July 2026MoratoriumTaylor

Taylor residents in Williamson County tried to get their city council to temporarily ban data centers in July; effort led by Halt Taylor Data Center Coalition which collected over 1,400 signatures

texasstandard.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet
2009Scorecard eventTaylor

Property transferred to Taylor Economic Development Corporation in 2009

dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
2003AcquisitionTaylor

City of Taylor acquired property in 2003 for $10

dallasexpress.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet

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Nearby places with records

14 miles away Pflugerville: 1 data center on the record.

26 miles away Austin: 5 data centers on the record.

28 miles away Bell County: 1 data center on the record.

29 miles away Travis County: 6 data centers on the record.

34 miles away Temple: 1 data center on the record.

67 miles away McLennan County: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Texas county.

Questions about Williamson County

Is there a data center near Williamson County?

No data center in Williamson County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Compass Red Oak campus, about 138 miles from the center of Williamson County to the center of Red Oak, being built. The nearest running is Google Pflugerville Data Center, 14 miles from the center of Williamson County to the site.

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Is Williamson County allowing new data centers?

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Last verified September 24, 2026

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Census GEOID: 48491
Census geography: County, Williamson County
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