Plans for a data center in the Fort Worth area of Texas have been voted down by local officials.

Fort Worth zoning commissioners last week voted 5-3 against recommending a proposal to build a data center adjacent to Tarleton State University’s Fort Worth campus, according to Fort Worth Report.

The 120 acres, alongside the east side of Chisholm Trail Parkway, are currently zoned for “planned development” but would require a special permit to allow data center development and approval to increase the maximum building height from 45 feet to 105 feet.

The proposed Rock Creek Data Centers campus, at 10375 Old Granbury Road, would contain five buildings, according to site plans shown at the public meeting.

An end user for the site wasn’t disclosed, but the land reportedly won't be used for cryptomining.

During the meeting, some residents spoke against the idea of putting a data center campus close to the residential area of Panther Heights.

The zoning case was originally scheduled to come before the commission on May 8 but was pushed back twice at the request of the applicant, WUSF 5 Rock Creek East LP.

Walton Texas LP and WUSF 5 Rock Creek East LP purchased the land in September 2015; it was part of more than 830 acres sold by the state of Texas.

Walton is a land asset management and global real estate investment company. Professional engineering firm Westwood was representing Walton and WUSF 5 Rock Creek East.

The application will go before the City Council in August.

Update: Walton reached out to DCD to clarify it is simply the landowner and is only included on the application in that capacity.

"Pursuant to an agreement between Westwood Engineering and a confidential end-user, Westwood was hired to submit the application on the end-user’s behalf," a spokesperson told us.

"No Walton entity prepared or submitted the application or has any plans to develop a data center on the property – we are just selling the land to the end user."