In 1999, a farmer donated his land for a playground. Now the town hall has sold it for millions for a data center

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A Texas town sold part of land that had been donated for a public park so Blueprint can build a data center there. The project has sparked local backlash because residents say it violates the donor’s original intent and adds noise, heat, and utility costs to the community. The city says the data center could bring significant tax revenue and funding for schools and infrastructure. The facility is expected to support data storage, website hosting, and AI processing, with a total investment of about $1 billion. This makes the story relevant to the data center and cloud infrastructure market, but it is not a company event in the usual news categories.

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