Prosper town staff pulled a proposed data center rezoning off the Planning & Zoning Commission’s agenda this week, just as opposition from residents across eight precincts reached a boiling point. The 39.3-acre project, known as Project Tomahawk, would sit near FM 1385 and Parvin Road in the northwest part of town, and it had been scheduled for a vote before officials abruptly delayed it.
Dallas-based developer White Rose Partners is seeking permission to rezone the site from agricultural use to a Planned Development district, according to Bisnow. The formal application, filed under Case ZONE-26-0007, also calls for amending the town’s Future Land Use Plan to shift the parcel from residential and retail designations to Business Park, according to Town of Prosper planning records. That kind of change alters long-range municipal growth policy well beyond a single piece of land.
Town Development Services Director David Hoover said staff removed the item from the August 18 Planning & Zoning Commission agenda to give themselves time to review engineering studies commissioned by White Rose Partners covering potential noise, power, and water impacts, according to Community Impact. As of now, there is no scheduled new hearing date for the project.
Why This Site, Why Now
The 39.3-acre property sits roughly 645 feet east of FM 1385 and about 1,400 feet south of Parvin Road, immediately adjacent to the Brazos Electric Parvin Substation, town planning documents show. That proximity is central to the pitch: because the site already sits next to high-voltage infrastructure, Project Tomahawk would not need a new substation or transmission lines, per the project website cited by Bisnow’s report. The plan calls for a single data center building occupying less than 20% of the property…