Wichita Falls Eyes Data Center Land Sale

The Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation 4A Board voted on May 19 to advance a land sale tied to a proposed data center expansion at the Wichita Falls Business Park. The vote sent the item to the Wichita Falls City Council for final approval, according to KFDX/KJTL. The proposal would sell more than 170 acres to Texas Data Center Campus Two, LLC, as part of what local officials described as the second phase of an existing project. The land sits next to acreage the company previously bought near U.S. 287 and Fisher Road. ### Which land sale is now in front of the council? The May 21 KFDX/KJTL report said the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation approved the sale of 171 acres in the business park to Texas Data Center Campus Two, LLC. The station said the tract would expand the company’s footprint at the site and that council approval is the next step. (texomashomepage.com) Moriah Williams, chief executive of Forward Wichita Falls, told KFDX/KJTL the deal is tied to the same project the city had already backed. “This is not a new project. This is not a new contract. This was always built into the original project,” Williams said, according to the report. ### Why are officials calling this phase two instead of a separate project? (texomashomepage.com) Williams told KFDX/KJTL that large industrial projects are often completed in multiple phases and said the added acreage is adjacent to land already purchased. She said the 171 acres would be “tied to that project” rather than launch a separate development. (texomashomepage.com) The station reported that officials described this second phase as the final land purchase for the project. If the council approves the sale, the company would move to final engineering and construction plans, KFDX/KJTL said. ### How does this fit into Wichita Falls’ broader data center push? A separate KFDX/KJTL report published May 19 described another large data center proposal in Wichita Falls led by Skybox Datacenters. (texomashomepage.com) In that report, Haynes Strader, Skybox’s chief development officer, said the company had planned a six-building project of more than 800 megawatts in Business Park South 279 after about two years of work. Strader told KFDX/KJTL the Wichita Falls project could bring “billions of dollars of investment,” with real estate investment ranging from $3 billion to $10 billion and projected employment of 300 to 600 jobs. He also said the first building could be operational by 2028 if approvals continue, with later phases extending into 2033 or 2034. (texomashomepage.com) ### When and where does the City Council act on items like this? The City of Wichita Falls says the City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 8:30 a.m. in the Seminar Room at the Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall, 1000 Fifth Street. The city also says current agendas are posted at least four business days before a scheduled meeting and are available through its agendas and minutes portal. (texomashomepage.com) The city’s meeting portal lists upcoming council meetings for June 2 and June 16, 2026. The item would need to appear on a posted agenda before council members could take final action in public. ### What happens if council approves the sale? KFDX/KJTL reported that council approval would allow Texas Data Center Campus Two, LLC to move ahead with final engineering and construction plans for the expansion tract. (wichitafallstx.gov) Officials told the station the 171-acre sale would complete the project’s land acquisition phase. The next public marker is the Wichita Falls City Council agenda, which the city says is posted online before each meeting. (wichitafallstx.gov) Council members are scheduled to meet again on June 2, 2026, and June 16, 2026, at the Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall in Wichita Falls. (texomashomepage.com)