The Taylor City Council unanimously approved a proposal that paves the way for a new AI data center, known as Project Comal, to be built on more than 200 acres
The Taylor City Council unanimously approved a proposal that paves the way for a new AI data center, known as Project Comal, to be built on more than 200 acres near the city's Samsung plant. Council members approved the measure on Thursday night at their meeting.
The site of the new center is located at 1051 County Road 401 and spans approximately 210 acres.the development—referred to as the KDC Project Comal—would establish a large-scale data center campus, along with limited retail and civic uses on a small parcel adjacent to the data center.The City Council directed staff to discuss controls and requirements to ensure environmental protections and establish standards to improve risk management. Additional regulations in the plan include those specific to water, fire hazards, civic space, air quality and traffic impacts, according to the City.Council Member Greg Redden emphasized that the decision came after a deliberate process, including a temporary pause to evaluate the proposal more closely. "The citizens need to understand that we had an expert working on behalf of the citizens as we came up with additional regulations," Redden said during the City Council meeting. "What this regulation does is it's the backbone of a future ordinance that will be addressing data centers."US 183 reopening after fatal auto-pedestrian crash in NW Austin shuts down highway The southbound lanes of US 183 are reopening after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian early Friday morning.APD says that the pickup truck struck a pedestriA motorcyclist is dead after a crash in south Austin, and APD says that the crash investigation is delaying detectives from responding to the auto-pedestrian crA man was arrested after he allegedly shot an AR-15 at other vehicles in a Home Depot parking lot in Bastrop Wednesday afternoon, according to police. No injuriA fire destroyed a storage building at a Leander bookstore late Wednesday, burning furniture, tools, books, and inventory just weeks before the store was set toThe Taylor City Council unanimously approved a proposal that paves the way for a new AI data center, known as Project Comal, to be built on more than 200 acres
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