'Oh, this is not good for the neighborhood': Texas city sells 87 acres gifted by local farmer to data center developer for $10 million

Mr. Bland's land donated to Taylor, Texas.

• Donated Texas parkland is now becoming a multimillion-dollar industrial data center project
• Residents fear the constant industrial noise beside homes built near the former recreational farmland
• Texas officials expect millions in future tax revenue from disputed development agreement

Nearly three decades after a Texas farmer donated 87 acres of land for community recreation, residents are protesting plans for the site to instead be turned into a sprawling commercial data center development.