Brazos County Commissioners Court assigns the RELLIS data center tax abatement to ThisWay Global after the original developer's bankruptcy
Brazos County posted a Tax Code Section 312.207 notice that its Commissioners Court would consider assigning the tax abatement agreement for the RELLIS Campus data and research center. The agreement was originally approved on April 29th, 2025 with RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center, LLC. The pending assignee named in the notice is ThisWay, Global, Inc. The county's own notice puts the estimated cost of improvements and tangible personal property at a minimum of approximately 700 million dollars. The land sits in a reinvestment zone on the RELLIS campus. That campus belongs to The Texas A and M University System, so the abatement agreement is what decides whether the county collects anything from the build.
How to take part
The Commissioners Court meets in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Brazos County Administration Building at 200 S. Texas Avenue, Suite 106, in Bryan. The county posts its Tax Code notices to its own news feed.
Where
1 county. In College Station-Bryan.
Timeline
- filed
Original tax abatement agreement approved with RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center, LLC
- hearing
Regular meeting of the Commissioners Court at 10:00 a.m. at which the assignment was considered
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-22
The county's posted Section 312.207 notice names the pending assignee and the estimated minimum cost. A local report says the Commissioners Court approved the transfer.
- 2026-08-27
Checked and unchanged. The county's own notice still carries the estimated cost of the improvements and still names the company taking over the abatement agreement.
- 2026-08-30
The assignment stands. The abatement first approved for the RELLIS campus data center now sits with the new holder, against improvements the county's own notice puts at approximately $700,000,000.
- 2026-09-02
The assignment of the abatement stands and the county has recorded no further amendment.
- 2026-09-05
The Brazos County abatement is still assigned to its new owner and the assignment is unchanged.
- 2026-09-08
The Brazos County notice of the assignment of the RELLIS abatement to ThisWay Global is still posted and still reads as it did. What the commissioners court did at the meeting the notice named is still not published as a minute.
- 2026-09-09
The RELLIS data center abatement is still assigned to the new owner on the terms Brazos County approved.
- 2026-09-12
The RELLIS data center abatement is still assigned to the new owner on the terms Brazos County approved. The county's own notice of that assignment has rolled off its news page. The assignment now rests on the court record rather than on a page a reader can open.
- 2026-09-13
The RELLIS abatement is still assigned to the new owner, and the county's own notice still names the assignee.
- 2026-09-16
The RELLIS abatement is still assigned to its new holder and the county's posting still reads as it did. Nothing has been brought back to the court.
- 2026-09-19
The assignment of the abatement stands as the court made it.
- 2026-09-24
The assignment of the RELLIS abatement is unconfirmed this run. The county's own notice of it could not be read again.
- 2026-09-26
The assignment of the RELLIS abatement is unconfirmed this run. The county's own notice of it could not be read again.
- 2026-09-28
The county's own notice could not be read again, so the named assignee and the estimated cost it states rest on the last reading rather than a fresh one. Nothing on the record says the assignment the court approved has been undone.
- 2026-09-29
The county's own notice of the RELLIS assignment would not load again, so the assignee and the cost it names still rest on an earlier reading. Nothing on the record shows the court undoing the assignment.
- 2026-09-30
The assignment of the RELLIS abatement is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account both sit behind a barrier to automated readers, and nothing on the record shows the court undoing it.
- 2026-10-01
The assignment of the RELLIS abatement is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account both sit behind barriers to automated readers, and nothing on the record shows the court undoing it.
- 2026-10-02
The assignment of the RELLIS abatement is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account both sit behind barriers to automated readers.
- 2026-10-03
The RELLIS assignment is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account remain behind barriers to automated readers.
- 2026-10-04
The RELLIS assignment is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account both stay behind barriers to automated readers.
- 2026-10-05
The RELLIS assignment is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the only published account both sit behind barriers to automated readers.
- 2026-10-06
The RELLIS abatement assignment is still unconfirmed. Brazos County's notice and the one published account of it both bar automated readers.
- 2026-10-07
The RELLIS abatement assignment is still unconfirmed. Brazos County's notice and the one published account of it both bar automated readers.
- 2026-10-08
The RELLIS abatement assignment is still unconfirmed. The county's notice and the one published account of it both still bar automated readers.
- 2026-10-09
The RELLIS abatement assignment is still unconfirmed. The county's notice refused the request again today.
- 2026-10-10
The RELLIS abatement assignment stays unconfirmed. The county's notice refused the request again.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
The Commissioners Court of Brazos County will consider the approval of an amendment concerning an assignment of a tax abatement agreement entered into with RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center, LLC, originally approved on April 29, 2025, (the “Tax Abatement Agreement”), at a Regular Meeting of the Commissioners Court scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on August 18th, 2026, in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Brazos County Administration Building, 200 S. Texas Avenue, Suite 106, Bryan, Texas 77803.Brazos County, Notice under Texas Tax Code Section 312.207 Primary source, official · brazoscountytx.gov
Estimated cost of improvements and tangible personal property is at minimum approximately $700,000,000 which will include real property improvements, new tangible personal property, machinery, and equipment.Brazos County, Notice under Texas Tax Code Section 312.207 Primary source, official · brazoscountytx.gov
The name of the pending assignee of RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center, LLC’s rights, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and interest in the Tax Abatement Agreement is ThisWay, Global, Inc.Brazos County, Notice under Texas Tax Code Section 312.207 Primary source, official · brazoscountytx.gov
On Tuesday, Brazos County commissioners approved transferring the tax abatement agreement tied to the $700 million data center project to a new company, ThisWay Global, Inc. The vote passed 4-0, with one commissioner absent.KBTX, Brazos County commissioners approve new owner for RELLIS data center Journalism · kbtx.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
Brazos County posted a Tax Code Section 312.207 notice that its Commissioners Court would consider assigning the tax abatement agreement for the RELLIS Campus data and research center. The agreement was originally approved on April 29th, 2025 with RELLIS Campus Data and Research Center, LLC. The pending assignee named in the notice is ThisWay, Global, Inc. The county's own notice puts the estimated cost of improvements and tangible personal property at a minimum of approximately 700 million dollars. The land sits in a reinvestment zone on the RELLIS campus. That campus belongs to The Texas A and M University System, so the abatement agreement is what decides whether the county collects anything from the build.
Who decides it?
Commissioners Court of Brazos County decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The Commissioners Court meets in the Commissioners Courtroom of the Brazos County Administration Building at 200 S. Texas Avenue, Suite 106, in Bryan. The county posts its Tax Code notices to its own news feed.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Brazos County in the College Station-Bryan, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on August 18th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is April 29th, 2025.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under data centers.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. One of them is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 19th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Brazos County Commissioners Court assigns the RELLIS data center tax abatement to ThisWay Global after the original developer's bankruptcy. Tracked since April 29th, 2025. Last verified September 19th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0088/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0088.
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