Data Center Registry
Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District
Elm Mott, McLennan County, Texas
Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District is a proposed data center in Elm Mott, Texas (McLennan County), operated by Infrakey. The public record puts it at 520 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Infrakey
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Elm Mott, McLennan County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.6715, -97.1001 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 520 acres
- Investment
- $10 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- May 14, 2026ProposedUp to $10B campus on 520 acres in the Ross area of northern McLennan County, pending annexation by Lacy Lakeview and a water/wastewater deal with Waco. Source: The Texas Tribune
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District in Elm Mott, McLennan County, Texas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Ross and Elm Mott residents organized against the project.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Ross and Elm Mott residents organized against the project. The McLennan County judge said he would oppose tax abatements, State Rep. Pat Curry was strongly critical, and on May 2, 2026 Lacy Lakeview voters elected a project opponent to the city council. No annexation, Waco agreement or state permit had been reported as approved.
Power and water
Infrakey plans to take nearly all of its cooling water from sewage flows ('sewer mining'). Phase 1 needs about 300,000 gallons per day and full buildout about 2 million gallons per day. Backup options named are Lake Whitney water (3-5 years to permit) and well water, which Infrakey says it is not pursuing.
Notes on the record
The site is described as in the Ross area near Elm Mott. Coordinates are the Elm Mott town point, not the parcel. MW figures from aggregators conflict (925 MW vs ~1 GW, plus a 1.2 GW gas plant in the company's materials) and were not read on a primary page, so capacity is omitted.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Cipher McLennan HPC Data Center · Waco · Cipher Digital16 mi · Proposed · 500 MW · Contested
- Nexus Hubbard Data Center & Power Campus · Hubbard · Nexus Data Centers22 mi · Under construction · 612 MW · Contested
- Project Merlin (Helios II) · McGregor · Galaxy Digital24 mi · Proposed · 3.5 GW · Contested
- Project Aquila · RCM Hill, LLC25 mi · Proposed · 1.2 GW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District data center in Elm Mott?
Yes. Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District in Elm Mott, McLennan County, Texas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Ross and Elm Mott residents organized against the project.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District data center?
The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.
How much water does Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District use?
No water withdrawal figure for Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District, and how big is it?
Infrakey is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 520 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Infrakey Lacy Lakeview Data District," updated October 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/infrakey-lacy-lakeview-data-district-mclennan-county-tx.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/infrakey-lacy-lakeview-data-district-mclennan-county-tx, retrieved October 29, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Waco officials say they've been kept in the dark about Lacy Lakeview data center (Texas Tribune / Waco Bridge, May 14, 2026) · The Texas Tribune · retrieved October 14, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: Elm Mott, McLennan County, TX · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved October 14, 2026
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