A proposed data center in northwest Prosper has hit a wall of organized neighborhood opposition, and no one at Town Hall can say when it will come back for a vote.
White Rose Partners, a Dallas-based developer, wants to rezone a site near FM 1385 and Parvin Road to build a facility known as Project Tomahawk. Sources differ on the parcel size: town planning documents list 39.3 acres, while other reports cite approximately 37 acres. Town staff pulled the zoning case from the Aug. 18 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda, and no Town Council hearing has been scheduled either, according to Community Impact.
David Hoover, Prosper's director of Development Services, told Community Impact on Aug. 11 that staff needed time to obtain full copies of engineering studies White Rose cited in its application regarding noise, power and water impacts.
"It's just a matter of being able to clarify and verify some things," Hoover said in that report. "It's in everybody's best interest to get it resolved sooner rather than later."
Residents organize across party lines
Even with the item off the agenda, Prosper resident Aileen Blachowski showed up at the Tuesday, Aug. 18 P&Z meeting to urge commissioners to reject the rezoning. Blachowski, who serves as Republican Party chair for Denton County Precinct 1016, told commissioners a bipartisan coalition spanning eight precincts has united against the project, Bisnow reported.
"We already invested our life savings and planted our families in these communities, and that data center is going to land in our backyard," Blachowski said.
The formal application, filed as Case ZONE-26-0007, would also amend Prosper's Future Land Use Plan to shift the parcel from residential and retail designations to Business Park.
What the developer promises
White Rose Partners Managing Partner Jeff Eigenbrood told Bisnow the project would minimize impacts on surrounding properties. The firm projects the data center would generate between $1.3 million and $3.4 million in annual local property tax revenue for Prosper, Denton County and the local school district, along with more than 500 peak construction jobs.
The Dallas Morning News reported the facility would occupy less than 20% of the site, with about 30% left as open green space. White Rose says its closed-loop cooling system would use roughly 300 gallons of water per day, comparable to a household of four. A sound study by Kimley Horn projected noise levels of 42 to 55 decibels at surrounding properties in a worst-case emergency scenario.
No tenant has been identified. The Dallas Business Journal pegged the total investment at $500 million, though the developer's own website says "hundreds of millions of dollars."
State backdrop
The project faces a broader headwind. Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug. 3 directed state regulators to audit all data centers seeking to connect to the Texas power grid, effectively pausing new grid connections statewide. White Rose says Project Tomahawk would connect to the existing Brazos Electric Parvin Substation adjacent to the site and would pay for any necessary upgrades.
What's next
The town said in a statement that protecting residents' quality of life remains its top priority and that any proposal will be held to strict standards on traffic, infrastructure and municipal services. Once the item is rescheduled, the agenda must be posted at least three business days in advance under the Texas Open Meetings Act, and staff will notify nearby residents. Residents can monitor the town agenda at prospertx.gov.
