4 data center projects in Temple City
Who decides here: the City Council of Temple City votes on zoning. The Bell County may review big projects too.
In Temple City
Rowan 'Project Temple' data center campus, incl. Lasso building (Temple)
Temple, Bell County
🕒 Sept 3, 2026: City Council held a first hearing on annexing land and a tax break for Lasso; residents …
Being builtRowan 'Project Stampede' and 'Project Ranger' data centers (Temple)
Temple, Bell County
🕒 May 7, 2026: Council approved annexation, zoning and utility items for a three-phase Rowan data cente…
Built & runningMeta AI data center (Temple)
Temple, Bell County
399 acres · for Meta
🕒 July 22, 2026: Meta opened the data center.
Stopped or cancelledRowan Moriah data center (Bob White Road, Temple)
Temple, Bell County
🕒 2024: The tenant left the building.
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
Rowan Digital Infrastructure asked Temple to approve the 'Lasso' building, the last of six data centers on its Temple campus, on a new site after Rowan gave land to the city for a landfill expansion. The Planning and Zoning Commission heard it on August 17, 2026, with City Council to follow in September. The city is also weighing a tax break, annexation and new rules with a 200-foot buffer between data centers and homes.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Temple City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Temple City: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or City of Bartlett (not available) or Heart of Texas Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or Pedernales Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Bartlett Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
In much of Texas you can pick who sells you power, but this company owns the power lines.
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Texas.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Did the City Council approve the Lasso building on Sept. 17, 2026?
- How many megawatts will each building use, and who is the tenant?
- How many diesel backup generators are planned?
- Will new high-voltage power lines be built?
- How many megawatts will Stampede and Ranger use?
- Who is the tenant?
- What tax breaks were given for Stampede and Ranger?
- Is Project Ranger under construction yet?
- How much water does the Temple data center withdraw each year? (Meta says it will publish this in fall 2026.)
- Is a third building planned?