Overview
- The Circle T campus plan covers about 3.83 million square feet of development with roughly 1.1 million square feet of data center buildings sited inside Westlake near the Keller border.
- Residents say some Keller homes would be about 506 feet from the nearest building and they worry about noise, drops in property values and environmental effects.
- Keller officials say they lack legal authority to stop the project because the site lies entirely in Westlake, but they plan to advocate for neighbors during Westlake’s permit review.
- Westlake and the developer say the design will meet local noise limits, include at least a 75-foot southern buffer, plant thousands of trees, limit water use with recycling and fund a new 350 MW Oncor substation while generating an estimated $5 million to $7 million a year in tax revenue.
- The immediate decision point is the Westlake Planning & Zoning Commission meeting this week where commissioners will consider the site plans and where nearby residents are urging larger setbacks and stricter mitigation measures.