Hill County, Texas, Data Center Project Offers $80 Million for Land, Valuing It at 14 Times Appraisal

Name: Hill County, Texas, Data Center Project Offers $80 Million for Land, Valuing It at 14 Times Appraisal
Uploaded: 2026-07-01T02:00:24.000Z
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: A proposed data center project by developer RCM Hill in Hill County, Texas, is offering $80 million for land, valuing it at approximately 14 times the appraisal value. This significant financial incentive is reshaping the local land market and creating a personal dilemma for rural neighbors regarding the project's impact.

News Clip3:12KWTX News10·Hill County, TX·7/1/2026

A proposed data center project by developer RCM Hill in Hill County, Texas, is offering $80 million for land, valuing it at approximately 14 times the appraisal value. This significant financial incentive is reshaping the local land market and creating a personal dilemma for rural neighbors regarding the project's impact.

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HILL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - The exploding demand for data centers is reshaping the Texas land market and creating a space for big-ticket offers. 

For some neighbors in rural Hill County, the central question is becoming painfully personal as Texas developer RCM Hill has pricey land contracts with four families as part of a proposed, and controversial, data center project: Can anyone hold the line when the money gets big enough?

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