No project in Palmer Town, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Town Council of Palmer Town votes on zoning. The Ellis County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Compass Datacenters 830-acre campus (Red Oak)
Red Oak, Ellis County
830 acres
π June 2, 2026: Compass announced a $15 million grant for an animal shelter in Ellis County.
Being builtabout 9 miles awayLincoln Rackhouse data center campus (Red Oak, 131 acres)
Red Oak, Ellis County
131 acres
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 9 miles awayDataBank Red Oak campus (Stainback Road)
Red Oak, Ellis County
292 acres
π Nov 5, 2024: DataBank filed a $265 million, 425,000 sq ft second building (DFW10) on its 292-acre camβ¦
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 9 miles awayGoogle data center (156 N. Austin Blvd., Red Oak)
Red Oak, Ellis County
for Google
π Aug 31, 2023: Google announced a data center in Red Oak costing at least $600 million over several yeaβ¦
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 11 miles awayQTS DFW2 campus (303 Mason Road)
unknown, Dallas County
π April 2025: QTS filed state plans for two buildings (470,000 and 560,000 sq ft) costing about $650 mβ¦
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 12 miles awayProject Orange and Project Labrador data center campuses (Lancaster)
Lancaster, Dallas County
535 acres
π Aug 11, 2025: Lancaster City Council approved zoning and a development agreement for both sites.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Palmer Town. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
π Get told first
β‘ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Palmer Town: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or United Electric Co-op Service Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Navarro County 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.