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Texas · Construction & power moves · 40
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across Texas — each traced to primary filings.
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ERCOT Welcomes the City of Caldwell to the ERCOT System
Source: ERCOT · Mar 12, 2026ERCOT reported on Mar. 12, 2026 that “the City of Caldwell’s municipal utility has joined the ERCOT System,” and that the city “has completed its transition into the ERCOT grid following the approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on April 24, 2025.” ERCOT also said the “Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Transmission Services Corporation is responsible for the transmission system that connects Caldwell to the ERCOT grid.”
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ERCOT Expects Tight Grid Conditions, Requests Conservation Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CT
Source: ERCOT · Aug 30, 2023ERCOT said it was asking Texans to conserve electricity from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CT because “operating reserves for ERCOT are expected to be low this evening” due to “a high level of unexpected thermal generation outages and forecasted low wind generation” (ERCOT, Aug. 30, 2023). ERCOT also said it “has obtained Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) enforcement discretion,” allowing generators to extend operations to help meet demand and maintain reliability.
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Resource Adequacy 2022
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2022 Resource Adequacy page points readers to the “Monthly Generator Interconnection Status Report” for “the latest public interconnection information on planned generation resources in the ERCOT Region,” and says the GIS report covers “planned projects being studied as part of the interconnection request process” (ERCOT). The page also hosts broader resource-adequacy materials such as SARA and CDR reports, but it does not itself give project-level queue counts or outcomes.
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Resource Adequacy 2021
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2021 Resource Adequacy page in Texas points readers to its monthly generator interconnection information for “planned generation resources in the ERCOT Region” and notes that its capacity charts include “planned projects being studied as part of the interconnection request process.” The same page also flags drought monitoring for generation resources, saying ERCOT screens for “potential drought-related impacts to generation resources” over the next 6 to 18 months.
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Resource Adequacy 2020
Source: ERCOTERCOT’s 2020 Resource Adequacy page says its resource adequacy materials include interconnection-status information and that its capacity charts now show project capacity ERCOT has approved for grid synchronization, with operational reports also including capacity approved for grid synchronization but not commercial operations. ERCOT also notes the page contains EORM materials authorized by the Public Utility Commission of Texas as part of Project Number 42302, “Review of the Reliability Standard in the ERCOT Region.”
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Recent Texas data center news
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Climate Change Solutions - October 6, 2026
EESI has published a climate and energy newsletter summarizing recent congressional action, upcoming briefings, and related resources.
- Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mike Lee, and Martin Heinrich introduced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S.5653), a permitting package focused on transmission, grid capacity, and data center energy costs.
- The newsletter also notes the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act becoming law, the Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act being signed, the Senate advancing the Agricultural Act of 2026, and an upcoming Oct. 7, 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT online briefing on interregional transmission co-hosted with WRI.
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Top facilities management conferences to attend in 2027
Facilities Dive has published a 2027 conference list for facilities management, including events relevant to data centers, AI, energy resilience, sustainability and workforce development.
- The list covers 22 events across the U.S., with dates and locations for major conferences such as ASHRAE Winter Conference (Jan. 23-27, Chicago), DCD Connect New York (May 17-18, New York City), Data Center World (May 24-27, Nashville), Realcomm IBcon (June 8-10, Tampa), and IFMA World Workplace 2027 (Oct. 13-15, Kansas City).
- The article highlights recurring themes including AI in building systems, energy resilience and efficiency, cooling technology, cybersecurity risk, talent development, and sustainable facilities; it also notes that Data Center World, Greenbuild, ISSA Show North America and Data Center World Power are hosted by Informa.
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AMD to ramp up CPU, GPU supply in 2027 as AI demand surges
AMD has announced plans to substantially increase CPU and GPU supply in 2027, with CEO Lisa Su saying the company is already expanding supply and capacity in 2026.
- Su said AMD is planning capacity three to five years ahead and was in Taiwan on October 5-6 to ramp supply for CPU and GPU production.
- She reportedly met Foxconn and was scheduled to meet TSMC; she also visited South Korea and met Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions (DS) to broaden partnerships.
- The article also notes AMD’s 2027 ramp depends on partners including TSMC, SK Hynix, and Samsung, with constraints tied to HBM4, CoWoS packaging, and foundry capacity.
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Constellation To Invest $4.3 Billion In New Nuclear Capacity After Deal With Google
Google and Constellation Energy have announced a 20-year power purchase agreement to bring 890 MW of new nuclear capacity onto the grid.
- The agreement will support $4.3bn (€3.8bn) of investments to upgrade 11 Constellation-owned nuclear units in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey with modernised turbines, steam generators and digital control systems.
- Power is expected to start reaching PJM Interconnection as soon as 2028; Constellation also said it will use Google’s Gemini Enterprise for site selection, outage management and infrastructure protection.
- The article also references prior Google deals with NextEra Energy for Duane Arnold in Iowa and with Southern Company for upgrades at Vogtle and Hatch.
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AI Power Spikes Demand Chip-to-Grid Design Changes
The article is a conference report and technical commentary about how AI data centers affect grid stability, with examples from Nvidia, Oracle, and Mitsubishi Electric Power Products. It does not announce a single new project, but summarizes panel remarks at Data Center World Power in Dallas.
- Nvidia said rack power density has risen from 5-10 kW per rack a few years ago to 40 kW in the H100 era, about 150 kW with Blackwell, and around 240 kW for Vera Rubin; the company said it is projecting up to 1 MW per rack in the future.
- Oracle Cloud described its Stargate AI data center complex in Abilene, Texas, as 60% to 70% operational with campuses planned at gigawatt scale; panelists also discussed the need for rack-level storage, ride-through, capacitors, batteries, UPS, and fast-responding generation to manage rapid load swings and subsynchronous oscillations.
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Roundup: Haynesville expansion / Airlines feel squeeze / Climate lawsuits
Centalion has announced an acquisition of natural gas assets from Silver Hill Energy Partners, while the article also summarizes other energy and airline news items. - Centalion, formerly Gunvor, is buying about $1.5 billion of natural gas assets, including 72,000 acres in the Louisiana-Texas Haynesville Basin producing about 300 million cubic feet per day. - The report says the deal reflects expectations for rising gas demand as data centers increase power needs and global disruptions lift U.S. LNG demand; it also notes the Supreme Court is weighing climate-related lawsuits by local governments against oil and gas companies.
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Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania
The Department of Energy has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion for Vistra’s nuclear uprate and modernization program in Pennsylvania and Ohio, with an option to finance potential future uprates at Comanche Peak in Texas.
- The commitment would help finance uprates and modernization at Beaver Valley (Pennsylvania), Davis-Besse and Perry (Ohio), potentially adding 433 MW of new nuclear capacity and preserving nearly 4 GW of baseload output.
- DOE said the support is conditional on Vistra meeting technical, legal, environmental, and financial conditions before definitive financing documents are signed; the agency also said the work could extend plant operations by 20 years beyond existing licenses and construction related to Perry is anticipated to begin in October 2026.
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Beyond the Megawatt: Why Data Center Site Selection Is Now a Three-Front Battle
The article provides commentary and analysis on a new regulatory environment for data center development in the United States, not a single new company announcement.
- State regulators and governors in California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Oregon are tightening oversight of grid costs, water reporting, and land-use approvals for data centers.
- The piece cites specific rules and actions including California’s AB 1577, AB 2383, and SB 887, Massachusetts Executive Order 658, New York’s Host Community Investment Framework, and Texas permitting and water-use reporting actions.
- It also notes cost and reporting thresholds such as 25 MW in Massachusetts, $1 million per megawatt in New York’s framework, and an average 29% rate increase for some Oregon large energy users.
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Amazon to Invest $1B into Data Center Communities Amid Backlash Against Data Center Rollouts
Amazon has announced it will invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in communities where it operates data centers, while saying it has already spent more than $1 billion over the past three years.
- Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon’s cloud arm, said the funds will support education, job training, water and energy preservation projects, and other local priorities in communities with a large data center presence.
- Amazon also said it is ending nondisclosure agreements with government agencies on its projects, will continue holding open houses, and is warning against proposed data center moratoriums and misinformation about environmental and energy impacts.
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From Opposition to Buy-In: Tactics for Data Center Developers
The article is a commentary and recap of guidance shared at the Data Center World Power event in Dallas about community opposition to data centers and how developers should respond.
- It highlights transparency, power planning, and community engagement as key recommendations from speakers including Diane Sullivan of Hecate Energy, Dado Slezak of QTS Data Centers, and Alise Porto of Switch.
- It references specific examples such as a QTS project in Iowa with a utility agreement to fix and subsidize community electricity rates for five years, and notes that Grow NELA has cut permitting timelines to 15 days in Louisiana.