Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is investigating whether a Taylor property originally designated for parkland can be used for a proposed large artificial-intelligence data center. The investigation follows more than a year of opposition from Taylor residents to the Blueprint Projects Data Centers development. Paxton’s office said Thursday it is examining whether restrictions tied to the property’s original transfer were properly changed, released or ended. The Bland Family conveyed the land in 1999 to the Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation for $10, with the deed stating that it was to be held in trust for future use as parkland by Williamson County, according to the attorney general’s office. The property was later transferred to the city of Taylor in 2003, also for $10. In 2009, the city conveyed it to the Taylor Economic Development Corporation, or TEDC. TEDC sold the property in April 2025 to NCP Travis TPP Project LLC, a Delaware company identified as the entity behind the proposed Blueprint data centers. The sale price was $10 million. Paxton’s office said the investigation will determine whether the original charitable trust or another legal restriction still applies to the land. If it finds that the restrictions remain in force, the attorney general said he will seek court action to enforce them. “I will not allow any person or entity to disregard the rule of law or obligations owed to the public,” Paxton said in a statement. “If the Taylor data center development is unlawful, I will do everything in my power to stop it and hold those who have violated the law accountable.” The investigation does not itself determine whether the data center project is illegal. Its outcome could affect whether the development can proceed on the property, adding a state-level legal challenge to the local debate over land use, economic development and the future of public-purpose property in Taylor.