Polmer Data Center
Temple, Bell County, TX
Source: Primary source
Polmer Data Center is a under construction data center in Bell County, TX.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkImported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Residents threaten injunction over Temple data center projectsThe Killeen Daily Herald· Jun 19, 2026
- Data Center Fight Results In Arrest in Templekkam.com· Jun 18, 2026
- State Rep. Hickland fires back at Temple blaming state for data center inactionThe Killeen Daily Herald· Jun 13, 2026
- Another data center near Meta Temple campus brings $80 million investment, 12 jobsTemple Daily Telegram· Jun 12, 2026
- Thoughtful Fife data centre rethinks the server shed as a temple - June 2026 - NewsUrban Realm· Jun 10, 2026
- ‘We don’t want this’: Bell County residents protest data center, ask commissioners court for interventionKWTX· Jun 1, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Kennedy-Powell El in Temple, is 1.1 mi from this site (441 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.