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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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Power Availability Now Determines Where Data Centers Get Built
Data Center Knowledge published an analysis on how rising electricity demand from data centers is changing site selection and power planning.
- The article cites Energy Institute data showing US data centers consumed 312.6 TWh in 2025, up 25.5% year over year, while total US electricity generation rose 3.2% to 4,772 TWh; the US accounted for 39.7% of global data center electricity use.
- It argues that operators now prioritize power availability, transmission capacity, utility timelines, and fiber access before land selection, and it quotes executives from DC Byte, FiberLight, and JLL on the growing acceptance of behind-the-meter power, natural gas turbines, battery storage, and firm delivery dates for financing.
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After watching its $330 Million Bet On Nextpower Turn Into a $13 Billion Solar Company, Flex Stumps Up $4.4 Billion For PCS Maker
Flex has announced a $4.4 billion acquisition of EPC Power Corp, which will be folded into Flex’s Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment before that unit is spun off as an independent public company.
- Agreement announced on September 3, 2026; EPC Power designs power conversion systems (PCS) for batteries, solar arrays, grids and large loads like data centres.
- Deal expected to close in Q4 2026; Flex’s board approved a tax-free spin-off of the CPI segment on May 5, 2026, targeted for Q1 2027 with Revathi Advaithi moving to lead the new company.
- Article compares the deal to Flex’s prior Nextracker investment ($330 million in 2015), which became Nextpower Inc. in November 2025 after a long growth and spin-off process.
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Q.ANT Appoints IBM Veteran Joerg Behrend to Lead Photonic Processor Hardware Development
Q.ANT has announced the appointment of Joerg Behrend as Vice President Hardware to lead next-generation photonic processor development and production readiness.
- Behrend will oversee the chip technology, processor architecture, and production readiness of Q.ANT’s Native Processing Units (NPUs), reporting to CTO Bruno Spruth and working across Stuttgart and Austin, Texas.
- Q.ANT says this is its fifth leadership hire within 12 months; the company notes its photonic systems are already in use at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and IONOS, with a first commercial deployment planned for 2026.
- The press release also reiterates Q.ANT’s background: founded in 2018, based in Stuttgart, operating a TFLN chip pilot line with IMS CHIPS, and having secured Europe’s largest Series A for photonic computing in 2025.
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Behind Google's Contract for Geothermal Instead of Solar Is the Premium Available For Firm Power
Google has announced a 396 MW geothermal power deal with Fervo Energy, with an option to expand to nearly 1 GW by June 2030.
- The deal was signed on August 26 and sources enhanced geothermal power from Cape Station, Utah, United States; delivery is planned in four tranches of 99 MW starting in Q3 2028 under a 15-year term with parent guarantees from Fervo and Alphabet.
- The article is an analysis/commentary on why hyperscalers are paying for firm, 24/7 power; it references Google’s broader contracted portfolio, India’s data-centre power demand estimates, and the potential role of solar + BESS, hybrid wind-solar-storage, and RTC tenders.
- It does not present a new India-specific project announcement; instead, it argues that data-centre buyers may favor round-the-clock clean power over the cheapest intermittent renewable supply.
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AI Is Outgrowing the Grid
MCJ has published a newsletter article highlighting DG Matrix’s multi-port solid-state transformers and the role of behind-the-meter power in AI data centers.
- DG Matrix says it has commercialized the world’s first multi-port solid-state transformer and can replicate a 5,000 square foot work cell that produces up to 400 megawatts a year in double shift with 20 people.
- Haroon Inam says the company could reach 4 gigawatts of annual capacity in about three months once a facility and power are secured; the article also discusses the shift toward grid power, batteries, natural gas, and fuel cells for AI data centers.
- The piece is an opinion/commentary-style newsletter feature dated Sep 04, 2026, and includes related portfolio updates and podcast mentions rather than a standalone corporate press release.
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Rapid data center buildout can create site risks, property service CEO says
Facilities Dive reports that the rapid buildout of AI data centers is creating operational and site-management risks, according to Cerv Property Solutions CEO Kade Thomas. This is commentary and analysis based on recent industry data and expert quotes, not a new company announcement.
- CBRE said data center construction reached a record 7,481.1 MW in the first half of 2026, above the prior peak of 6,350 MW in 2024; Thomas said rushed builds are leaving facilities with site problems and inexperienced management.
- Allianz said the most frequent claim cause is water damage, and case studies show losses for external cooling-system damage and hot-works fire damage can each reach $50 million to $100 million; the article also cites concerns about rodents, dust, drainage, irrigation leaks, cooling-system monitoring, microbial control, and wastewater management.
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DataBank Named No. 48 on Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ 2026 List
DataBank announced that it was named No. 48 on the Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ 2026 list.
- The ranking was produced by Fortune and Great Place To Work® and is based on survey responses from more than 240,000 workers across the United States.
- DataBank said the recognition adds to other 2026 honors, including Great Place To Work Certification, Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list, and No. 5 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Texas™ list; its Employee Ownership Program also won a Gold Award at the 2026 TITAN Business Awards.
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Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Cleanhill Partners sell PCS manufacturer EPC Power for US$4.4 billion
Flex has announced a definitive agreement to acquire EPC Power Corp from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Cleanhill Partners for US$4.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in Q4 2026, and Flex plans to place EPC Power within its Cloud and Power Infrastructure (CPI) segment before spinning that business out in Q1 2027.
- The acquisition was announced on 3 September and is subject to customary closing conditions; Flex said it is evaluating debt and equity financing alternatives.
- EPC Power makes software-defined inverters, PCS, microgrid and data centre power solutions, and solid-state transformers; Flex highlighted use in next-generation 800V data centre power architectures and said EPC Power could generate about US$800 million in 2026 revenues.
- The article also notes EPC Power opened a third US manufacturing facility in South Carolina last month, adding 27GW of annual nameplate capacity, and mentions broader industry context including US restrictions on imports of inverters, transformers and BESS equipment.
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The POWER Interview: How the Data Center Power Crunch Is Reshaping the Talent Market
POWER magazine has published an interview discussing how power constraints are reshaping data center hiring and compensation.
- LVI Associates executives Grace Søhoel-Goldberg and Grace Simpson say developers are increasingly hiring power systems engineers, utility interconnection specialists, transmission and distribution professionals, and commissioning talent earlier in the project cycle as power availability becomes central to site selection.
- The interview cites Ohio and Texas as the strongest hiring markets, notes weaker momentum in some Southeast markets, and says compensation pressure is rising, including $100,000 to $500,000 sign-on bonuses and one move from about $140,000 to over $600,000.
- It also references Virginia regulatory scrutiny, where the State Corporation Commission directed Dominion Energy to submit alternative cost-allocation proposals for generation and transmission services tied to large-load growth.
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Weekly average load in ERCOT continues near record high
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that ERCOT weekly average load in Texas remained near record highs in late August 2026.
- ERCOT hourly load averaged a record 74.5 GW for the week ending August 22, 2026, and 73.7 GW for the week ending August 29.
- The article says the last six weeks exceeded the 2023 record, and notes ERCOT is auditing data center grid-connection proposals after Governor Greg Abbott’s moratorium on new data center interconnections.