Developer seeks to rezone 80 more acres for Fort Worth data center, drawing pushback from historic gardens

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth’s Weston Gardens has long drawn visitors seeking a quiet retreat among native plants and carefully tended grounds. Its demonstration gardens date back to the 1930s.

Sue Weston, owner of Weston Gardens, said that tranquility is now under threat.

Developer Black Mountain Power is asking the Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday to rezone 80 additional acres near the property from agricultural to light industrial use — it will add to a proposed 450-acre data center campus that would effectively surround the demonstration gardens…

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