So I’ve got this ranch…

[Hondo64d]

The wife and I have a small West Texas ranch and we are deciding whether or not to sell it and relocate for our retirement. The potential issue with selling is that Iren Energy is putting in a data center about 1 mile west of us. Would like to know what you folks think. Would the data center deter you from buying a place like this?

210ish acres
Beautiful Barndominium
Working cattle ranch.
900 yard rifle range
Good Whitetail, Turkey and Pig hunting.

John

 

[Steve300xcw]

lil too flat and hot for my tastes, but thats a damn nice place

Id think after that data center moves to town, a place like that might sell for a bit more?

 

[Hondo64d]

lil too flat and hot for my tastes, but thats a damn nice place

Id think after that data center moves to town, a place like that might sell for a bit more?

I appreciate the response.

Keep ‘em coming.

John

 

[Rogue Bay]

The data center wouldn’t stop me, but that big spider might! Lol

That looks like a beautiful piece of property! I can’t imagine it will have trouble selling unless power and water become an issue.

 

[Skerhunter]

I’m sure the encroachment/data center would deter some, but most probably won’t care.

Looks like a beautiful place!

 

[Poser]

lil too flat and hot for my tastes, but thats a damn nice place

Id think after that data center moves to town, a place like that might sell for a bit more?

Could potentially sell for less. Data centers employ very few people, create a ton of light pollution and, if they are running jet turbines, can be loud and pump out ozone etc. a mile may be enough of a bumper… or not in land that flat.

 

[Bubblehide]

The data center wouldn’t stop me, but that big spider might! ...

They are delicious air fried.

 

[Hondo64d]

Could potentially sell for less. Data centers employ very few people, create a ton of light pollution and, if they are running jet turbines, can be loud and pump out ozone etc. a mile may be enough of a bumper… or not in land that flat.

This particular data center is drawing from the ERCOT grid, so at least no turbines…

John

 

[akhunter3]

Depends on the size of the data center, but unless it was relatively small I think that would be enough to have me keep looking.

Gorgeous property though

 

[Rogue Bay]

They are delicious air fried.

 

[KsRancher]

Following along here. Just recently found out that an 1800acre solar farm is going in around me. Literally around me. They bought the land for it. Thier land is so close to my house that I can stand on my porch and throw a rock onto thier land.

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

That’s an awesome piece of property, but I would be useless on a piece of property like that. I’d be driving around all hours of the day looking for shit to shoot. Or camped out on the 900 yard range letting them fly.

I think the pool of people who wouldn’t buy because the data center is smaller than the pool of people who would buy regardless.

 

[Hondo64d]

That’s an awesome piece of property, but I would be useless on a piece of property like that. I’d be driving around all hours of the day looking for shit to shoot. Or camped out on the 900 yard range letting them fly.

I think the pool of people who wouldn’t buy because the data center is smaller than the pool of people who would buy regardless.

That’s my life, at least when I’m not at work.

John

 

[netexashunter]

Personally, id be expecting to pay less than a similar property without a data center quite so close.

 

[tony]

There is a data center going up on the outskirts of my small town here in WV.
Had some pretty good rains about 2 weeks ago. Run off from the new center flooded a neighborhood, lot of property damage as one would expect.
Data center did jump right in and brought crews to clean, pump basements, paying the whole bill for everyone as they should. A rep from the center tried to say it was from all the rain. We get sudden, large amounts of rain a few times a year. That neighborhood never flooded.

I'm thinking when you decimate acres and acres of farm land and forest, that causes flooding.

The worse part about these places is all the rumors. Nobody knows how or what they do. Why do these places not explain it.

The newest rumor in town is the data center will make a sonic boom once day. And the company will abandon the place in 10 years.

 

[Traveler]

Not sure what your question is. Are you thinking of holding in the hopes the property value goes up? Or trying to avoid selling later at a lower price? If you’re selling as primarily rec land, which is my impression, a datacenter that close probably is a net negative.

 

[MTBackroads]

It all depends on price.

 

[RockAndSage]

Biggest question: Does it come with landowner tags???

 

[Hondo64d]

Biggest question: Does it come with landowner tags???

As far as I know, no such thing here in Texas. 5 deer limit, 1 Buck in this county. This county has a mule deer season too, but I’ve not seen any Muleys in this part of the county. I have seen them about 10 miles north of me.

John

 

[Weldor]

MLDP tags. What kind of light pollution? I see the wind gens in the background. Any crops or food plots?