Bryan City Council approves amendment to tax abatement to delay Rallis Campus construction start

The Bryan City Council on Sept. 8 unanimously approved a first amendment to a 2026 tax abatement agreement for the Rallis Campus Data Research Center LLC that modifies the scheduled commencement date for construction.

A committee member moved “to approve the 1st amendment to tax abatement agreement 2026 between the city of Bridal Rallis Campus Data Research Center LLC to modify the date for commencements of the construction,” and the motion received no recorded opposition. The chair declared the motion carried unanimously.

Council discussion framed the amendment as a scheduling change rather than a change in the underlying terms. The chair said the project has been in development for several years, thanked the Board of Regents and the Texas A&M system for supporting the effort, and said the intellectual property and research capacity tied to the project are important for the university and the region’s work in areas such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence and data storage.

“The agreement was approved previously…It's not a change to the agreement. This is the same agreement we had before. We just modified the dates of the agreement and just wanted everybody to know that upfront,” the chair said in explaining the council’s action.

The amendment’s text was read into the record and the council voted without further amendments or recorded dissent. After the vote the council adjourned the first meeting and moved into its second regular meeting that evening.

Officials present referred repeatedly to Texas A&M and the Board of Regents as project supporters; the transcript does not specify the new commencement date in the amendment text.