Tom Green County Commissioners Court heard from two people yesterday regarding the proposed Beacon Data Center in Dove Creek. Local attorney and Owner/Contributing Editor for The Concho Observer Jon Mark Hogg spoke on behalf of Beacon and introduced Vice President and co-founder Joseph Shovlin.
The project changed names since the public meeting in Dove Creek. It's now Westline.
Shovlin talked about water but actually went back on his prior promise to not drill wells and only use surface water. In April he said "we are not going to take your well water." It's now the source for daily facility needs with their "Potable Water: On Site Well."
This change calls into question Beacon's standards of leadership. Early promise made, early promise broken.
This leads us to our final slide, the disclaimer.
The promise was the project would not take ground water. Gone. The promise is the project won't take grid power but will connect to the grid to supply power when needed.
I hope they get the 5 cents per kilowatt hour that Reliant pays for household solar/battery power generation, but that would break their hurdle rate and they wouldn't be able to flip the project in five years.
Two local media sites, San Angelo Live and The Concho Observer, have key people/owners "all in" for data centers. They support both political teams, Joe Hyde - Red Team and Jon Mark Hogg - Blue Team.
The Concho Observer is a publication of Hogg Media LLC, which is solely responsible for its content.
The picture is becoming clearer in terms of the players, but not clearer in terms of actual project details.
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