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The San Marcos City Council voted 5-2 to deny a preferred scenario map request for a proposed $1.5 billion, 200-acre data center campus by Highlander SM One LLC. The project faced strong community opposition, with hundreds of residents protesting the plan during a heated city council meeting that lasted nearly 9 hours.
The $1.5 billion data center project in San Marcos, Texas is once again moving through the approval process after facing community opposition that initially stalled the project. The San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the project, which was previously recommended for denial but then narrowly approved by the City Council in a contentious vote. The developer Highlander SM One LLC is petitioning for approval, after the previous lead developer CyrusOne withdrew due to community pushback.