Small plots of land fuel big suspicions among Lubbock residents, who fear it’s for a data center

LUBBOCK — What would normally be unassuming, small parcels of land have caught the eye of Lubbock’s city leaders and have residents up in arms.

On Tuesday, Lubbock City Council approved changes to two parcels of land — one to annex an 8-acre tract of land into city limits and another to rezone 52 acres of land from single-family residential to industrial.

The 8-acre tract of land sits in North Lubbock near a rail line, and the other is on the opposite side of the rail line near Interstate 27. Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, or LEDA, requested the changes…

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