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Texas Data Centers Tracker · Daily
Every Texas construction & power move, newest first.
Tracked daily from state & county filings: the actual operator behind the LLC, the design & construction firms named on the filing, the approval stage, the power supplier, and any funding or tenant announcements. Filter by county, company, or move type — or flip on the map. Every card expands to per-field primary citations.
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24d agoJul 01, 2026
$300 million expansion of a 147,946 sq ft data center
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—Texas · Tarrant County · ERCOT
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$300 million expansion of a 147,946 sq ft data center
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developer
QTS
move
$300 million expansion of a 147,946 sq ft data center
operator
QTS
site name
QTS FTW1 DC1 Expansion
state
Texas
primary source url
https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2026022992
counties
Tarrant County
event date
2026-07-01
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24d agoJun 30, 2026
Microsoft and Chevron sign 20-year power deal for Project Kilby near Pecos, Texas
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2.67 GWTexas · Reeves County · ERCOT
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Microsoft and Chevron sign 20-year power deal for Project Kilby near Pecos, Texas
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power agreement
Joulent LLC has formalised a 50% ownership stake in Project Kilby.
state incentive
JETI school-district tax-limitation application J0022 — Energy Forge One LLC · Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD (Reeves County)
owner of record
Energy Forge One LLC — wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (parent company named in JETI application J0022)
project codename
"Project Thomas" — Energy Forge's power-generation complex (JETI J0022); the Chevron–Microsoft development is publicly announced as Project Kilby
event date
2026-06-22
capacity mw
2+ GW — 12 small-block + 5 large-block gas turbine generators (simple + combined cycle), producing electricity for direct consumption by a data center on the target site
planned investment
≈$6.503B planned investment (JETI Schedule A, real + personal property: $3.491B in 2026, $1.934B 2027, $959M 2028, $119M 2029)
county incentive
Reeves County Energy Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (Tax Code Ch. 311/312); county Chapter 312 abatement contemplated by the Commissioners Court
acreage
≈7,000 acres, Reeves County — north of I-10, southwest of SH-285; 14 parcels (T&P survey blocks 51-7 / 51-8 / 57-3)
construction window
Construction 2026 → 2029 (projected); commercial operations 2030; incentive period 2030–2039
jobs
≈2,000 construction jobs at peak; 25+ permanent positions
state incentive
Comptroller RECOMMENDED approval (Jan 29, 2026): 50% M&O taxable-value limitation with Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD — est. gross tax benefit $227,827,400; performance bond $22,782,740; agreement must execute within one year
owner of record
Energy Forge One LLC
site status
Six US sites were under consideration for Project Thomas at application time, incl. Reeves County (competitive-site-selection finding, Attachment D)
developer
Microsoft
move
Microsoft and Chevron sign 20-year power deal for Project Kilby near Pecos, Texas
operator
Microsoft
capacity mw
2.67 GW
site name
Project Kilby
state
Texas
primary source url
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/06/22/powering-the-next-wave-of-ai-expanding-capacity-with-our-new-datacenter-in-pecos/
power supply
20-year power agreement: Chevron supplies Microsoft's West Texas data center (Project Kilby) — ~2.67 GW co-located natural-gas capacity, phased/modular buildout
air permit
TCEQ air-quality permits in process — Energy Forge One LLC, Permit No. 181895, PSDTX1684 (PSD) + GHGPSDTX260 (GHG PSD), Reeves County; public meeting Jun 10, 2026
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21d agoJun 29, 2026
Vantage Data Centers Abilene TX3 — Project Frontier — 11 TDLR filings, $10.6B, Shackelford County
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Vantage Data Centers Abilene TX3 — Project Frontier — 11 TDLR filings, $10.6B, Shackelford County
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anchor tenant
OpenAI (via Oracle) — one of the five new Stargate sites
announced scale
$25B · 1.4 GW · 10 buildings · 3.7M sq ft on 1,200 acres; first delivery 2H 2026 (groundbreaking Dec 2025)
capital usd
$10,640,000,000
anchor tenant
Oracle America Cloud Services LLC (OpenAI / Stargate anchor)
power supply
VoltaGrid off-grid microgrid — 210 gas generators, 700 MW (197 prime + 13 backup), TCEQ-approved, supporting up to 1.4 GW of compute
square footage
5,264,512
county incentive
$10M/yr PILOT · 10-yr abatement · Shackelford County RZ 2025-1 · agreement dated Aug 8, 2025
county
Shackelford
construction permit
TCEQ stormwater NOI 'Project ENZO' — 1,600 acres disturbed, operator TIC (The Industrial Company)
owner of record
Vantage Data Centers TX301, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX302, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX303, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX304, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX305, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX306, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX307, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX308, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX309, LLC; Vantage Data Centers TX310, LLC
announced scale
$25B total investment · 1.4 GW · 10 buildings · 3.7M sq ft (Vantage/Oracle PR — vs our $10.6B TDLR construction-cost basis)
site address
246 PR 1604 BLDG 1 | Abilene, TX 79601
construction window
2025-09-26 → 2028-05-11
operator
Vantage Data Centers
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