Highlander SM One: San Marcos, TX

904 Francis Harris Ln

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Highlander SM One: San Marcos, TX

Lot Size: 199 acres

A data center project is planned for 199 acres in San Marcos, Texas. Highlander SM One LLC, represented by Armbrust & Brown PLLC, is seeking to rezone the land from Conservation Cluster to Light Industrial and annex 53.57 acres of the property. While the annexation was approved by the San Marcos City Council in February, the rezoning decision is still pending.

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904 Francis Harris Ln

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Sites within 15 miles of Highlander SM One: San Marcos, TX

Distance	Site	About
1.50 miles	Sabey: San Macros, TX	Sabey, a US data center firm, plans to develop a new campus on 786 acres in San Marcos, Texas.
1.96 miles	CloudBurst: San Marcos, TX	CloudBurst, a new US data center developer focused on artificial intelligence (AI), is building a natural gas-powered facility in Texas.
15.95 miles	Tract: Caldwell Valley	Tract plans to develop a data center park in Uhland, Texas, a city spanning Caldwell and Hays counties approximately 30 miles south of Austin.
17.37 miles	Prime: Austin, TX	Prime Data Centers is building a $1.3 billion data center campus in Caldwell County, outside of Austin, Texas
17.45 miles	Prime: Austin 3	The facility is a part of Prime's Austin Data Center Campus in Texas.
17.54 miles	Prime: Austin 2	The facility is a part of Prime's Austin Data Center Campus in Texas.

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