Protect Round Rock

The City of Round Rock loves to say data centers bring in big tax $ but require few city services and rarely have emergencies. See Sabey Data Center fire that caused $2,000,000 in damage & emitted carcinogens and toxic fumes into the air and Brushy Creek. Click: protectroundrock.org/Fire_Report_...

Dr. Robert Peters, Round Rock icon, would never have approved of one, let alone NINE data centers in his city!!!!
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Hello, Round Rockers!! We’ve got about a week to stop a proposal to construct a data center and substation in the midst of an established residential neighborhood. Help us get the word out and come to the public hearing on February 12 at 6pm, City Hall. #RoundRockTX @protectroundrock.bsky.social

Spotted in downtown @roundrock today. Clearly public sentiment is opposed to any more data centers in our city. There are already eight operational, under construction, or approved. Not one more!

Round Rock residents - Skybox is holding an invitation-only propaganda session on Thursday, Jan 8 at 6pm at the Marriott Austin North (La Frontera.) Sign up here: tinyurl.com/skyboxmeeting #protectroundrock

Sign the Petition Say No to the Skybox Data Center and Substation in Round Rock, TX

Don’t miss your chance to be among the first 1,000 people to sign the petition opposing yet another data center in Round Rock! Sign here: c.org/d5M86LjXyb
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We very much appreciate this beautiful artwork that will help get the word out to our community to get engaged and oppose this unwanted and unneeded data center in our city! Thank you, @plasmometer.bsky.social!

a flyer i made for @protectroundrock.bsky.social ! glad to participate in something big and good

i can take a bit more commissions i think, so don't hesitate to reach out! i'm saving up to buy my first puppy.

Have you seen this petition yet? Say No to the Skybox Data Center and Substation in Round Rock, TX

If you're in Round Rock, Texas, join us in fighting the proposed data center on Old Settlers Blvd. by signing the petition at c.org/KYhYd7GSCT.

Visit protectroundrock.org for more.

Facing future water shortages, Williamson County invests in $500K study to find solutions Several cities, including Georgetown, have struggled to keep up with customers' water demand in recent years.

If there's plenty of water to support nine data centers in Round Rock*, why is there a need for a $500K study to "find solutions for future water shortages"?

*As publicly stated by the City of Round Rock at the City Council meeting, 12/4/25.

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"We're watching Big Tech overlords write their own rules in real time," said Deanna Noël, climate campaigns director with Public Citizens Climate Program. "Tech giants are cutting backroom deals with utilities and government officials to build massive data centers at breakneck speed, while passing the costs onto working families through higher electricity bills, polluted air and water, and false claims about job creation. The widespread use of anti-democratic NDAs should be a flashing red warning sign—Big Tech knows this data center land grab is not in the public interest. At the very moment we must rapidly phase out fossil fuels, the Trump administration is doing the opposite-fast-tracking data center development powered by coal, oil, and gas. Big Tech's energy-hungry Al expansion is throwing a lifeline to Big Oil, while inflating what many experts warn is a speculative bubble. If the Al bubble bursts, communities could be left with stranded infrastructure and the potential for yet another taxpayer-funded bailout for corporate America."

As Big Tech Aggressively Builds Data Centers, Lack of Guardrails Put Communities and Climate at Risk - Public Citizen Policymakers at all levels of government must act with urgency to rein in Big Tech’s unchecked expansion of data centers.

Press release from Public Citizen:
"As Big Tech Aggressively Builds Data Centers, Lack of Guardrails Put Communities and Climate at Risk"

www.citizen.org/news/as-big-...

They did not receive an initial OK. The Council voted to say yes, we did in fact have the first reading and receive public testimony. And very unusually, due to immense citizen opposition, are going to hold a second hearing on the matter. Visit protectroundrock.org for facts.

And local citizens are actively opposing it - protectroundrock.org

Microsoft Warns Investors About Local Opposition to Data Centers Microsoft Corp. is warning investors about a new risk to its expansive data center plans: local backlash.

"Opposition is growing toward data center projects, which frequently require massive amounts of electricity and often win tax breaks from state and local officials."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Round Rock, TX, already has 8 data centers approved, operational, or under construction. Help us stop the next one that's on the table for Old Settlers Blvd east of AW Grimes, abutting multiple residential neighborhoods. Join the right at protectroundrock.org.