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Rowan Project Temple

Temple, Bell County, Texas · All 5 Rowan Digital Infrastructure sites

Under constructionMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Rowan Project Temple is a data center under construction in Temple, Texas (Bell County), operated by Rowan Digital Infrastructure. The public record puts it at announced 2026, 300 MW planned, 700 acres, a reported $700 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Rowan Digital Infrastructure
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: Bob White Road, Temple, Bell County, TX
Coordinates: 31.0982, -97.3428 (approximate)
Power capacity: 300 MW planned
Land: 700 acres
Investment: $700 million
Announced: 2026
Utility: Oncor
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 40 permanent
Public subsidy: City of Temple property-tax abatement (Chapter 312) - reported 50% of city property tax for 10 years per construction phase (Killeen Daily Herald); project generates ~$7M/yr during abatement years and ~$12M/yr fully on the tax rolls (City of Temple), City of Temple, TX, 2025
Community reception: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

2026
Under construction
Rowan Digital began construction on a 300 MW data center in Temple, Bell County; operations targeted 2027 Source: Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Rowan Project Temple in Temple, Bell County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Temple City Council approved unanimously and Bell County supported; organized resident opposition (town halls, council testimony) raised concerns over an undisclosed additional Rowan campus, water/grid/noise, and the abatement.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Temple City Council approved unanimously and Bell County supported; organized resident opposition (town halls, council testimony) raised concerns over an undisclosed additional Rowan campus, water/grid/noise, and the abatement. Rowan held a March 2026 open house and community partnerships. The named tenant is undisclosed ('top global technology company'); opposition speculates Meta, unconfirmed.

Source: KXXV

Power and water

Power secured via a partnership with Oncor (ERCOT grid); no on-site generation documented.

City of Temple requires closed-loop cooling for data-center projects; Project Temple's domestic water use is contractually capped at 4,000 gal/day (a contractual requirement, not an estimate) with no ongoing cooling-water withdrawal. The full utility-services agreement was withheld by the City in response to a records request.

Public money on the record

Program	Amount	Granted by	Year
City of Temple property-tax abatement (Chapter 312) - reported 50% of city property tax for 10 years per construction phase (Killeen Daily Herald); project generates ~$7M/yr during abatement years and ~$12M/yr fully on the tax rolls (City of Temple)	Not established	City of Temple, TX	2025

Notes on the record

300 MW campus in Temple, Bell County; operations targeted 2027. Distinct from Rowan's Frederick, MD campus, tracked separately as of July 2026. Coordinates are the Temple area centroid. Rowan's January 5, 2026 announcement states a minimum $700M investment and projects approximately 600 construction jobs and more than 40 permanent positions.

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.

Meta Temple Data Center · Temple · Meta4 mi · Operating · 152 MW
Project Merlin (Helios II) · McGregor · Galaxy Digital24 mi · Proposed · 3.5 GW · Contested
Stargate Milam County Campus · OpenAI / SoftBank (SB Energy)28 mi · Under construction · 1.2 GW · Supported

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Rowan Project Temple data center in Temple?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Rowan Project Temple data center?

No lawsuit over Rowan Project Temple appears in the record we track as of October 28, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Rowan Project Temple use?

No water withdrawal figure for Rowan Project Temple is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Rowan Project Temple, and how big is it?

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 300 MW. The site is recorded at 700 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Rowan Project Temple," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/rowan-temple-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/rowan-temple-tx, retrieved October 29, 2026.

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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.Rowan powers Texas growth as construction begins on 300 MW Temple data center · Rowan Digital Infrastructure · retrieved July 7, 2026
2.City of Temple - Data Center Development FAQ (closed-loop cooling, 4,000 gpd cap) · City of Temple · retrieved July 8, 2026
3.Third Rowan data center; minimum $700 million investment; Temple withholds utility records · Killeen Daily Herald · retrieved July 8, 2026
4.Temple residents raise concerns over proposed Rowan data center expansion · KXXV · retrieved July 8, 2026
5.Temple, 300 MW Hyperscale Data Center Campus (operator portfolio page) · Rowan Digital Infrastructure · retrieved September 8, 2026
6.Rowan Digital Infrastructure seeks approval for 6th and final data center in Temple · KWTX · retrieved September 8, 2026
7.Rowan Powers Texas Growth as Construction Begins on 300 MW Temple Data Center · Rowan Digital Infrastructure · retrieved October 14, 2026
8.Rowan portfolio: Temple, Texas (300 MW, minimum $700M investment, 700 acres) · Rowan Digital Infrastructure · retrieved October 14, 2026
9.New $700 million data center in Temple will be near Robinson Family Farm · KWTX · retrieved October 14, 2026

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