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First Sabey Data Center building nears completion The rst of two Sabey Data Center buildings planned for a nearly 40-acre tract o SH 45 is expected to be complete by December. construction on the second building until a propor- tion of the rst building is leased out. BY BROOKE SJOBERG
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The 535,000-square-foot facility’s operation will bring 20 jobs to the area. In return, as part of an economic development agreement approved by Round Rock City Council in February, the city will pay $1 million in incentives that will reimburse Sabey for half of its demolition costs. The data company will also invest a total of $185 million in real property improvements and $5 million in business personal property as part of the agreement.
Mark Noonan, Sabey’s Austin-based senior vice president of product development, said the facility, which broke ground last July, is about one-third of the way through construction, and a start date is not yet set for the second building. “Typically, what providers like us do is we’ll sell the rst building up to a certain percentage,” he said. Noonan added that Sabey will wait to begin
When complete, the Sabey Data Center will have two buildings. (Brooke Sjoberg/Community Impact)
Legal hold nearly cleared on former Perfect Game site in Hutto
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property from its owner, Cottonwood Development Corp. Council also approved a $6 million sales tax agreement with the Hutto EDC to help fund the purchase. The HEDC will take out loans to fund the remaining $15 million cost, according to a city release. The land was previously intended to
be the site of an $800 million develop- ment from baseball scouting company Perfect Game, but the company announced in September 2021 that it would build in Cedar Park instead. City documents state while some legal steps are still pending, the purchase frees up the tract for future development by the city.
After legal disputes with a previous developer, the 250-acre site north of Hwy. 79 in eastern Hutto called Cottonwood Properties is nearly free for future development. At a Feb. 2 meeting, Hutto City Council approved the Hutto Economic Development Corp.’s purchase of the
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