ATTOR­NEY GEN­ER­AL PAX­TON INVES­TI­GATES AI DATA CEN­TER DEVEL­OP­MENT IN TAY­LOR OVER POTEN­TIAL MIS­USE OF LAND CON­VEYED YEARS AGO FOR USE AS PARKLAND

AUSTIN, Sept. 17 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:

Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the proposed development of an AI data center in Taylor, Texason land conveyed more than 25 years ago for use as public parkland in the future.

In 1999, the Bland Family conveyed the property to the Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation "to be held in trust for future use as parkland" by Williamson County for $10. The property subsequently changed hands several times, including a transfer to the City of Taylor in 2003 for $10 and a 2009 conveyance to the Taylor Economic Development Corporation ("TEDC"). In April 2025, TEDC sold the property to NCP Travis TPP Project, LLC, the Delaware entity behind ...