Fort Worth tables $10B data center site plan vote hours before council meeting
Less than three hours before the Fort Worth City Council was scheduled to discuss a site plan for a $10 billion data center development on the city’s southeast edge, the agenda item was delayed by over a month to the council’s June 23 meeting.
Council members were expected to discuss and vote on a site plan for the data center being developed by Fort Worth-based energy consortium Black Mountain, which has successfully petitioned the city to rezone roughly 431 acres near Forest Hill and Everman for the development.
The site plan is for a 187-acre portion of the future data center campus that was initially approved by the Fort Worth City Council in 2025, located at the corner Lon Stephenson Road and Forest Hill Drive.
The data center campus would contain four buildings and an Oncor substation that would deliver power only to the data center. The site plan approved by the zoning commission included increased building heights and setbacks from residential areas.
Over 30 people were registered to give public comment about the data center at the City Council meeting, according to the speaker list shared with the Star-Telegram. Council member Chris Nettles said that was not a factor in rescheduling the motion.
Bob Riley, a consultant for the development, told the Star-Telegram that he was told by the city late Tuesday afternoon that the agenda item would be moved to a council meeting in late June, but he was not told which meeting.
The council is scheduled to hear a briefing about data centers from city staff on June 2 before voting on two zoning measures for the data center that have spent most of this year in limbo after residents, council members, and leaders in nearby cities expressed concerns about the development.
Council member Chris Nettles said that although he could have moved the agenda item earlier, after speaking with other council members, he decided to reschedule the item so they could hear the city staff briefing first.
The meeting on June 23 will be held at 11 a.m.
