Texas AI Data Center & Private Power Market Tracker

Confirmed facts. Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch is an off-grid power campus in Pecos County designed to serve hyperscale AI and high-performance computing load. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an air-quality permit authorizing up to 7.65 GW of gas-fired generation — reported as the largest power-generation air permit granted in the United States. The published plan pairs that generation with approximately 1.8 GW of battery storage and 750 MWac of solar, operating as an integrated private grid rather than drawing capacity from ERCOT.

Current development stage. Air permit secured. Phase 1 is planned at 1 GW, with first power targeted for the first half of 2027. Permitting documents place the authorized envelope at more than 12,000 tons per year of regulated air pollutants and up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases.

These are developer targets and a permitted ceiling — not completed or contracted capacity.

Confirmed facts. A campus of approximately 5,769 acres adjacent to the Pantex Plant in Carson County, near Amarillo, marketed as a private "HyperGrid" combining gas generation with planned nuclear, solar and battery storage. TCEQ has granted preliminary approval for the first ~6 GW of gas generation, and an additional 5 GW gas-permit application has been filed. The NRC has accepted the combined licence application for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors. Site and foundation work has been under way since late 2025.

On the headline number. The 17 GW figure is a long-term company master-plan target — not permitted, funded or contracted operating capacity. The defensible regulatory description is the ~6 GW preliminarily approved.

Current development stage — execution risk. In December 2025, an investment-grade-rated prospective tenant terminated a $150 million Advance in Aid of Construction Agreement; no funds had been drawn, and the company stated that lease negotiations with the same party were continuing under a non-binding LOI. In April 2026, the CEO departed (17 April) and the CFO resigned (19 April). The company has continued to emphasise the need to secure binding tenants.

Confirmed facts. A technology park of nearly 3,000 acres in Caldwell County near Uhland and Lockhart (1,515 acres acquired in May 2025, expanded through two further acquisitions in January 2026), planned for more than 4 GW of potential data-center capacity. Tract, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and LCRA are planning an onsite substation scalable to 1.6 GW, with the first 250 MW contracted for delivery in Q1 2028. Tract has not requested county tax incentives and has committed to fund improvements to FM 2720.

Current development stage. Land assembled; utility arrangements in place for the first tranche. Tract has initiated onsite generation planning, apparently involving natural gas — but the company says that generation would ultimately become grid-connected. This is therefore not presented as a permanently islanded private-grid project.

Note. No water source, cooling technology or water consumption figure has been publicly disclosed.

Confirmed facts. A co-located natural-gas power facility of approximately 2.67 GW in Reeves County near Pecos, developed by Chevron with Engine No. 1 / Joulent, under a 20-year power agreement announced in June 2026 serving a Microsoft-operated data-center campus. Microsoft describes its associated data-center expansion as approximately 2 GW. The facility is designed to operate independently of the ERCOT grid, on a site of more than 2,000 acres, using GE Vernova and Solar Turbines equipment fuelled by Permian gas.

Current development stage. This is one of the most commercially advanced projects on this list, because a named hyperscale customer and a long-term power agreement have both been announced. Chevron expects an investment decision by the end of 2026 and first power in 2028. Construction nonetheless remains subject to FID and permitting.

Confirmed facts. Abilene hosts a Crusoe-developed hyperscale AI campus: an existing facility of approximately 1.2 GW serving Oracle and OpenAI (the Stargate development), and an announced campus of approximately 900 MW built for Microsoft, giving a combined Abilene footprint of roughly 2.1 GW. Crusoe ordered GE Vernova LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines for the site — 10 units initially, later expanded.

Current development stage. Earliest phases are energised, with further phases under construction.

Scope note — three separate matters. Public discussion frequently conflates three distinct items: (1) this Abilene / Stargate development; (2) the proposed 933 MW Goodnight plant in Armstrong County; and (3) a 2025 Crusoe–Engine No. 1 arrangement covering access to 4.5 GW of GE Vernova turbine capacity. Public sources do not establish that the Goodnight plant and the turbine arrangement describe the same equipment package.

Confirmed facts. A campus in the San Marcos / New Braunfels corridor, spanning Hays and Guadalupe counties, master-planned for up to 1.2 GW. Power is planned as behind-the-meter natural-gas generation supplied through Energy Transfer's Oasis Pipeline under an agreement for 450,000 MMBtu per day for at least 10 years — described by Energy Transfer as its first commercial arrangement supplying gas directly to a data center. The first 50 MW phase is targeted for Q4 2026.

Current development stage. The original Energy Transfer agreement was expressly conditioned on CloudBurst reaching customer FID. A later developer announcement states that groundbreaking occurred, but neither source identifies a binding hyperscale tenant.

Note on capacity. Use Energy Transfer's approximately 1.2 GW estimate for the contracted gas volume rather than the later developer claim that the same volume could produce more than 1.8 GW.

Confirmed facts. A 1,950-acre campus along the Permian Basin's I-20 corridor, built around behind-the-meter Cummins natural-gas generator sets (HSK78 and QSK60 reciprocating gas engines, not large-frame turbines) with microgrid controls. Circe's published site plan calls for approximately 150 MW in 2027, scaling to up to 1.1 GW by 2030.

Current development stage. Site control established; equipment ordered. Circe has ordered approximately 2 GW of Cummins generation for delivery between 2026 and 2030 — but that order supports both this campus and possible future North American projects, and should not be read as 2 GW committed exclusively to this site.

Note on capacity figures. The 2 GW equipment order and the 1.1 GW site plan are different numbers measuring different things; the site plan is the relevant figure for this campus.

Confirmed facts. A proposed 933 MW off-grid natural-gas plant at Goodnight, Armstrong County, associated with a Crusoe-developed campus. Crusoe agreed to sell the development to Google, which is incorporating the site into its Texas data-center investment programme. A TCEQ permit application was filed in January 2026. Public reporting indicates the plant would serve buildings on the campus and would not connect to the grid.

Current development stage — important qualification. At the time of the Goodnight reporting, Google stated that it did not have a contract in place for the Texas plant, and the amount of power Google would draw from it was described as still to be determined. The site transaction and the power contract are therefore two separate matters, only one of which has been agreed.

Scope note. This entry covers Goodnight only. Crusoe's Abilene developments and its separate GE Vernova turbine-access arrangement are tracked as distinct items and should not be combined with the 933 MW figure.

Confirmed facts. An approximately 2,000-acre campus outside Hubbard in Hill County. TCEQ records describe approximately 612.93 MW of baseload natural-gas generation, plus approximately 152.75 MW of emergency diesel generation, with the gas generation intended as the primary onsite power source, operating behind the meter. The campus also incorporates a partnership with AirJoule Technologies, using metal-organic framework technology to convert waste heat into distilled water for cooling supply.

Current development stage. The project has stronger development evidence than "air permitting progressing." Texas construction records list two separate 491,378-square-foot data-center buildings, each with an estimated construction cost of $400 million. Construction commenced in late 2025, with the first phase of data halls targeted for the second half of 2026.

Note on tenancy. Those filings show "Tenant Not Assigned," so the campus should not be described as having a publicly confirmed end user.

Confirmed facts. A 438-acre campus in Ector County outside Odessa (235 acres acquired plus 203 acres added), developed by a joint venture of New Era Helium and Sharon AI. Initially planned around 250 MW and master-planned to exceed 1 GW. The site sits near fiber, two natural-gas transmission lines and CO₂ pipeline infrastructure; carbon capture is under evaluation.

Current development stage. It is no longer accurate to describe this project as simply "seeking financing." New Era announced $115 million in equity proceeds, an initial $20 million Macquarie loan tranche, and potential availability of a further $270 million. However, the Stream arrangement remains a non-binding LOI, and no binding hyperscale tenant has been publicly identified in the cited announcements.

Note on timing. The widely quoted "first 100 MW within 12 months after funding" language came from a 2025 MOU with PowerForward and should not be presented as a firm current construction date.

Confirmed facts. Multiple proposed sites along the Texas I-35 corridor, co-located with ENGIE renewable-generation and battery-storage facilities, using Prometheus's liquid-cooled data center design. Conduit Power plans hybrid natural-gas and battery bridge/backup systems of up to 300 MW at each of two initial Texas projects.

Current development stage. Permanent campus capacity and precise site locations have not been publicly disclosed. The 300 MW figure describes bridge and backup power per initial site, not final campus capacity.

Note on schedule. The public record is inconsistent: the original ENGIE and Conduit announcements referenced first facilities in 2026, while later Prometheus project materials referenced initial sites in 2027. This entry therefore uses "initial deployments targeted for 2026–2027" rather than a definitive date.