$1 Billion Data Center Proposed in Georgetown Ahead of Zoning Hearing

Reference photograph of opposition to data center development; not the Georgetown project site
Reference photograph of opposition to data center development; not the Georgetown project site

A proposed 68-megawatt data center of up to 290,000 square feet on about 28 acres near Northeast Inner Loop and East University Avenue goes before Georgetown's Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 17.

Georgetown's Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17 on a zoning request that would allow a data center of up to 290,000 square feet on about 28 acres near the intersection of Northeast Inner Loop and East University Avenue. The project, called Inner Loop Exchange, is planned at 68 megawatts of capacity to support cloud services.

The site's current commercial zoning caps a data center at 5,000 square feet. The request would raise that limit to as much as 290,000 square feet, an increase of 58 times the allowable building area for that use. The application has been reviewed as both a zoning amendment and a planned unit development.

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