⚠️ THE SECRET "DATA CENTER" DEAL IN COLLEGE STATION
City Staff Hid This From Everyone for 11 Months.
Now We Have to Fight Back.
FINAL VOTE: Today, September 11, 6:00 PM at City Hall
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THE BETRAYAL BY CITY LEADERSHIP
For eight months, paid city staff have been secretly negotiating to bring a large-scale industrial data center/bitcoin mining facility to your backyard. They called it a "data center." They forced even our elected council members into NDAs. They gave us just 4 days notice before the final vote.
The contract proves it: This is a large-scale industrial data center, designed for bitcoin mining. They called it a 'data center', but it's much more: a massive industrial facility.
City Manager Bryan Woods
Orchestrated the secret industrial data center deal
Economic Development Staff
Pushed this industrial data center project through in darkness
Mayor John Nichols
Allowed the secrecy regarding the industrial data center to continue
Even our elected council members were kept in the dark. When Councilman Bob Yancy demanded to see the NDA, city staff refused to provide details about this industrial data center.
YOUR HOME VALUES ARE AT RISK RIGHT NOW
City Staff Get Their Budget. You Pay the Price.
City's Gain:
$10 million per year in revenue for their departments from an industrial data center
Your Loss:
- $20,000-$40,000 drop in your home's value due to the bitcoin mining/data center
- 24/7 industrial noise that never stops from the facility
- Massive power consumption threatening our grid from this industrial data center
- Industrial wasteland behind Costco forever from this operation
$400K
Average Home Value
Current market price in our area
$20K
Conservative Loss
5% property value drop per home from the data center impact
$40K
Aggressive Loss
10% property value drop per home from the bitcoin mining/data center
$75M
Community Impact
Total destroyed wealth potential due to this industrial data center
Your family's largest investment is about to be sabotaged for city staff's budget goals by this bitcoin mining/data center operation.
WHAT BITCOIN MINING & INDUSTRIAL DATA CENTERS REALLY MEAN
The Nightmare Other Texas Communities Are Living:
Granbury, Texas
Families can't sleep. Children can't study. Property values crashed.
Rockdale, Texas
Constant industrial humming. Residents moving away. Community destroyed.
This is coming to YOUR neighborhood in 48 hours unless you act.
Industrial cooling fans running 24/7/365
Louder than highway traffic
Massive warehouse lighting
Visible from every neighborhood
Power grid strain
Potentially causing brownouts and higher utility bills
Zero jobs for locals
These industrial data facilities run mostly unmanned
Environmental disaster
Massive energy waste for large-scale data operations
THE COVER-UP EXPOSED: THE INDUSTRIAL DATA CENTER CONTRACT
1
January 2025
City staff impose automatic NDAs for the bitcoin mining/industrial data center project - no transparency allowed
2
8 Months
Secret negotiations for the large-scale industrial data facility with ZERO community input, council members silenced
3
September 7
Contract for the bitcoin mining/data center project quietly posted online (they hoped you wouldn't notice)
4
September 11
Final vote on the industrial data center development - YOUR LAST CHANCE
The Smoking Gun:
When Councilman Bob Yancy demanded to see the actual NDA document that supposedly bound him to secrecy regarding the industrial data center project, city staff refused to provide it.
They silenced our elected representatives and won't even show them why.
DEMAND YOUR COUNCIL STANDS WITH YOU - NOT CITY STAFF
🚨 IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED:
01
PACK CITY HALL THURSDAY NIGHT
When: Thursday, September 11, 6:00 PM
Where: City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave
Register to Speak: Call 979-764-3500 BEFORE 12:00 PM Thursday
Can't Attend? Submit written comments by the same deadline
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TELL YOUR COUNCIL TO REPRESENT YOU - NOT CITY STAFF
"City staff have deceived us all - including you - about this bitcoin mining/industrial data center operation. They called it a 'data center' and hid behind NDAs they wouldn't even show Councilman Yancy. While paid staff chase $10M/year for their budgets, families like mine will lose tens of thousands in home equity. Stand with your constituents, not city staff. Vote NO on this backdoor deal, or we'll remember who stood with the people at election time."
03
EXPOSE THE TRUTH EVERYWHERE
- Share on every neighborhood Facebook group
- Post on Nextdoor immediately
- Text every neighbor you know
- Forward to your HOA board
- Call friends in Castle Gate, Woodland Hills, Spring Meadows
Contact Your Representatives:
Email All At Once: Click to Email All Council Members
City staff are counting on low turnout. Prove them wrong.
Is there a theme?
Will it be the same 2 councilmen voting this through too? Seems inline for Abbott's initiative too.
Posted on X: Oct 16, 2021
THE EVIDENCE CITY STAFF TRIED TO HIDE
See For Yourself:
Page 12
"cryptocurrency mining operations"
Page 18
"bitcoin mining/data center equipment"
Page 24
"digital asset computing"
The truth is in writing. City staff just hoped you wouldn't read it.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN ONE DEAL
It's About Who Runs This City:
Option 1:
Paid city staff making secret deals for industrial facilities, like bitcoin mining/data centers, that destroy our neighborhoods
Option 2:
A community that demands transparency and holds staff accountable for all large-scale industrial projects
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If We Don't Stop This:
- City staff learn they can hide anything for 8 months, especially industrial bitcoin mining/data center deals
- More secret deals destroying our quality of life with industrial facilities
- Your home becomes worthless as industrial data centers surround us
- College Station becomes a cautionary tale of unchecked industrial expansion
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If We Win:
- City staff learn that transparency isn't optional for any industrial development, including bitcoin mining/data centers
- Council members remember they work for US
- Future industrial deals require community input
- We save our neighborhood and our home values from unwanted industrial facilities
A MESSAGE TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS
You Have a Choice Thursday Night:
Stand with city staff
who kept even YOU in the dark about this bitcoin mining/industrial data center facility
Stand with the people
who elected you to protect our community
Remember:
- City staff wouldn't even show you the NDAs
- They called it a "data center" to deceive everyone
- They gave us 4 days notice on an 8-month secret deal
- Elections are coming, and we vote
Do the right thing. Vote NO.
THE PATTERN OF DECEPTION MUST END
This Isn't the First Time:
Remember the Post Oak Mall fiasco? City staff killed Jim Lewis's private entertainment center to pursue their own failed government scheme, wasting millions in taxpayer money.
Now they're at it again - making secret deals for large-scale industrial data facilities, which benefit their budgets while destroying our community.
Bryan Woods
City Manager during both betrayals
Economic Development Staff
Pattern of secrecy and failure regarding industrial data centers
Enough is Enough.
VOTE
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 11
6:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 11
6:00 PM
BE THERE
Show up in numbers they can't ignore
BE LOUD
Make your voice heard for transparency
SAVE OUR COMMUNITY
Protect our homes and our future
This is not about stopping progress.
This is about stopping SECRET deals for industrial data centers and bitcoin mining facilities by OUR PAID STAFF.
Your Council Will Decide:
Do they serve the city staff or the people regarding the industrial data center/bitcoin mining facilities?
SHOW UP AND REMIND THEM
WHO THEY WORK FOR.
WHO THEY WORK FOR.
Paid for by residents who demand transparency and accountability from city staff regarding the proposed bitcoin mining/industrial data center. We support our elected council members who stand with the people.
Final Reminder: Thursday, September 11, 6:00 PM for the vote on the industrial data center (bitcoin mining) proposal.
City Hall, 1101 Texas Ave
Register to speak: 979-764-3500 (before 12:00 PM Thursday)
Your community. Your voice. Your choice.