No project in Ovilla City, but 10 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Ovilla City votes on zoning. The Dallas County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Google Midlothian data center campus (Railport Parkway) - building 5
Midlothian, Ellis County
for Google
🕒 Jan 2026: Construction of an $880 million fifth building (288,000 sq ft) began.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 8 miles awayGoogle data center (156 N. Austin Blvd., Red Oak)
Red Oak, Ellis County
for Google
🕒 Aug 31, 2023: Google announced a data center in Red Oak costing at least $600 million over several yea…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 8 miles awayDataBank Red Oak campus (Stainback Road)
Red Oak, Ellis County
292 acres
🕒 Nov 5, 2024: DataBank filed a $265 million, 425,000 sq ft second building (DFW10) on its 292-acre cam…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 8 miles awayLincoln Rackhouse data center campus (Red Oak, 131 acres)
Red Oak, Ellis County
131 acres
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 8 miles awayProject Orange and Project Labrador data center campuses (Lancaster)
Lancaster, Dallas County
535 acres
🕒 Aug 11, 2025: Lancaster City Council approved zoning and a development agreement for both sites.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 9 miles awayCompass Datacenters 830-acre campus (Red Oak)
Red Oak, Ellis County
830 acres
🕒 June 2, 2026: Compass announced a $15 million grant for an animal shelter in Ellis County.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Ovilla 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 Ovilla City: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or Texas-new Mexico Power Co. (company) or Trinity Valley Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Farmers Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Hilco Electric Cooperative, 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.