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White Rose Partners Proposes $500–$580M Data Center in Prosper, Texas, Planning Commission Votes 7–0 to Recommend Denial

White Rose Partners Proposes $500–$580M Data Center in Prosper, Texas, Planning Commission Votes 7–0 to Recommend Denial

Sep 6, 20264 min readBy Matthew Taksa

White Rose Partners, a Dallas-based developer, has filed plans for Project Tomahawk, a single-building data center on roughly 37–39 acres in northwest Prosper, Texas, representing a capital investment of $500–$580 million. The proposal was first reported by Community Impact and covered by the Dallas Business Journal and WFAA.

What was filed

White Rose Partners filed case ZONE-26-0007 seeking a rezone of the site from agricultural use to a Planned Development district, along with an amendment to Prosper's Future Land Use Plan, to permit a data center at the intersection of FM 1385 and Parvin Road, directly adjacent to the Brazos Electric Parvin Substation.

DetailFiled figure
Site area37–39 acres
Building footprint225,000 sq ft
Site coverageLess than 20%
Capital investment$500–$580 million
Buildings1
Zoning caseZONE-26-0007
Power sourceBrazos Electric Parvin Substation (adjacent)

No specific megawatt capacity figure has been publicly disclosed. The project is described as focused on internet connectivity, not crypto or AI-specific workloads.

Who White Rose Partners is

White Rose Partners is a Dallas-based real estate and development firm. The company has not published a public project portfolio or corporate website, so no further background is independently verifiable from available filings and reporting.

Why Prosper, and why now

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    The substation is next door. Direct adjacency to the Brazos Electric Parvin Substation is the clearest site selection driver. Power infrastructure that is already in place shortens energization timelines and reduces interconnection risk for a greenfield build.
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    DFW is a proven data center market. Dallas, Plano, and Garland have established data center density, meaning White Rose is threading into a region with existing operator ecosystems, utility relationships, and specialized contractor bases rather than building one from scratch.
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    Land is still available at scale. North Prosper's agricultural parcels offer contiguous acreage that is increasingly difficult to assemble inside the Loop 12 corridor or along the established Plano–Richardson spine.
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    Residential and commercial growth is already here. The FM 1385 corridor is actively transitioning, with civil and electrical trades already mobilized for surrounding greenfield projects.
🔑Key takeaway

Siting a data center immediately beside an existing high-voltage substation on agricultural land that is already transitioning to developed uses is a capital-efficient strategy, but it compresses the political runway when a town's land use plan has not yet caught up to industrial-scale power loads.

The infrastructure angle

The project's power story depends entirely on the Brazos Electric Parvin Substation. Because no megawatt figure has been filed or disclosed, the actual load impact on local transmission infrastructure is not yet part of the public record, which is itself notable. Towns evaluating rezoning requests without a published load figure have less to evaluate, and that gap can generate skepticism among planning commissioners and neighbors alike. For operators watching this site, the power access is real; the public documentation of that access is not yet there.

Local reception

The Prosper Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7–0 on September 1, 2026 to recommend denial of the rezoning request and associated planned development for Project Tomahawk. The vote is not a final rejection. The Prosper Town Council retains authority to approve or deny the application and has not yet issued a binding decision. The unanimous commission vote, however, signals meaningful skepticism at the staff and commissioner level, and the absence of a disclosed power load figure likely did not help the applicant's case before a commission weighing agricultural-to-industrial land use conversion.

What it means for the region's labor market

The DFW metro's labor pool is a genuine asset for this project if it advances. Prosper sits roughly 35 miles north of downtown Dallas, well within the commute radius for electricians, heavy equipment operators, and commissioning technicians already cycling through data center projects in Plano, Garland, and the broader Collin County corridor. Specialized contractors familiar with Oncor and Brazos Electric interconnection processes are already active in the region.

The single most important staffing consideration here is timeline risk. A unanimous denial recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission means any contractor or staffing firm planning crew mobilization must build stop-start scenarios into their hiring and retention models. Locking in specialized trades on fixed-start commitments before the Town Council issues a binding decision exposes contractors to real cost and retention exposure. Firms that can scale crews rapidly up or down as the approval process evolves will be better positioned than those relying on traditional linear mobilization schedules.

If the project clears the Town Council, the regional trades depth means ramp time should be shorter than it would be in a greenfield market. For a full breakdown of roles, pay bands, and where the talent sits, see our guide to hiring data center talent in Prosper and Denton County. Sources: Community Impact, which first reported the commission vote, and additional coverage from the Dallas Business Journal and WFAA.

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