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Rowan Temple data center campus (Project Temple / Kayak, Lasso / 1B, Stampede, Ranger)
Rowan (per City of Temple)
- Status
- Proposed / in development (City review); AUS02 registered (TDLR)
- Developer / parties
- Rowan (per City of Temple)
- Location
- Temple (Synergy Industrial Park), Bell County
- Size
- Three phases: Phase 1 'Project Temple' (also 'Project Kayak'; 'Project Lasso/Phase 1B' replacement site), Phase 2 'Project Stampede', Phase 3 'Project Ranger' (City of Temple); size not stated
- Last verified
- 2026-10-18
Milestones
- City lists Phase 1 as Proposed/Under Development and Phases 2–3 as Proposed
- Rowan assigned part of its land contract to the City for landfill expansion and bought nearby land for Phase 1B (City of Temple, checked Oct 18 2026)
- Jul 24 2026 TDLR registration 'AUS02' (facility 'AUS02 (Building 2)', 1855 Bob White Road, Temple; new one-story data center building, 500,000 sq ft, est. $780M; owner Rowan Digital Infrastructure; start Aug 28 2026, completion Aug 27 2027; Project Registered). The filing does not say which City-listed phase this building belongs to (TDLR, found Oct 18 2026)
Linked power & water
Power
- Official record Oncor transmission/substation Facility Extension Agreement (Project Stampede); ERCOT large-load dispute, PUCT Docket 60396: Rowan Stampede LLC's Oct 13 2026 complaint to the PUC says Rowan signed an interim Oncor facility extension agreement Feb 20 2026 and a full transmission/substation FEA Jul 6 2026; ERCOT approved Oncor's studies in 2025 but reclassified Project Stampede from Base Load to Studied Load in Batch Zero (PUCT Docket 60396). ercot.com ↗
Water
- News report City of Temple utility service agreement: closed loop, 4,000 gal/day cap: Temple City Council approved a utility service agreement for the Rowan data center in south Temple: closed-loop system with a one-time 1–2 million gallon fill, daily use limited to 4,000 gallons (KXXV). kxxv.com ↗
- Official record City of Temple utility service agreements: daily limits by phase, 10.5M gallon total initial fill: Agreements for Rowan's three approved phases cap operational water at 8,200 / 10,100 / 13,800 gal/day and initial closed-loop fill at ~10.5 million gallons total; all data centers in Temple must use closed-loop cooling (City of Temple). templetx.gov ↗
Related records
PUCT Docket 60396: staff moved Oct 23 to abate the schedule; Rowan Stampede responded Oct 26; Skybox Datacenters filed notice of complaint Oct 26.
Source: interchange.puc.texas.gov ↗PUCT Docket 60396: Rowan Stampede LLC complaint against ERCOT over reclassifying the Temple project from Base Load to Studied Load; says Oncor issued interim and full facility extension agreements in 2026.
Source: ercot.com ↗TDLR TABS: Rowan 'AUS02 (Building 2)', 500,000 sq ft data center, est. $780M, 1855 Bob White Rd, Temple; owner Rowan Digital Infrastructure.
Source: tdlr.texas.gov ↗Sources
- Official record templetx.gov
- Official record tdlr.texas.gov
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