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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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PJM Says AI Data Centers Must Bring Capacity to Earn Firm Service
PJM has announced a new framework for connecting AI data centers and other large electricity users, pending filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- The proposal, approved July 27 by the PJM Board of Managers, would require many new large-load campuses to either secure enough generating capacity or accept curtailments during shortages, with IRAS starting June 1, 2027 for customers that do not bring adequate supply.
- PJM says it is projecting about 70 GW of new large-load demand by 2038 while about 15 GW of generation has retired since 2022; it also plans a Large Load Registry and a one-time Reliability Backstop Procurement beginning in September after the 2028–2029 Base Residual Auction produced a 6,831 MW shortfall.
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🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Nanobiotix’s $6 Billion Physics Bet
The article is a newsletter-style roundup mixing commentary, reported deal summaries, and one featured interview on Nanobiotix.
- Deepki has acquired London startup Camion to add agentic AI tools for planning electrification investments, with the combined platform aimed at helping property owners decide on solar panels, energy storage, and charging infrastructure.
- The story also reports that France could attract €210 billion in data-center investment by 2035, while only about 30% of the value would remain in France because much of the hardware is sourced from abroad; it cites grid bottlenecks and opposition over land, water, and electricity.
- The Nanobiotix section is an interview, not a new announcement: NBTXR3 is in late-stage development under a global licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson and is targeted for a Q1 2027 launch, with CEO Laurent Lévy saying the company could earn up to $1 billion in royalties.
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Aalo, Crusoe Plan 2027 INL Demonstration Pairing Nuclear Power and AI Data Center Load
Aalo Atomics and Crusoe have announced a strategic partnership to develop a nuclear-powered AI Factory data center, beginning with a proof-of-concept deployment at Idaho National Laboratory in 2027.
- Aalo will initially power a Crusoe Spark modular data center running Crusoe Cloud at INL in 2027.
- The companies intend to deploy Aalo Pods and 50-MWe Aalo XMR power plants at Crusoe data centers by the end of 2029.
- The article also says Aalo’s Critical Test Reactor (CTR) reached criticality at INL on July 4, and that Aalo-X is planned as a 30-MWth/10-MWe sodium-cooled demonstration plant.
- Crusoe said its contracted AI infrastructure capacity was approaching 5 GW and cited other projects including a 900-MW campus in Abilene, Texas, a 1-GW campus in Childress, Texas, a roughly 750-MW U.S. power agreement, a 12-GWh battery agreement, and a 5-GW AI UPS deployment agreement.
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Meta Q2FY26 Earnings Call: Why Meta is betting on and building personal AI agents
Meta has announced on its Q2 FY26 earnings call that it is building personal AI agents, expanding enterprise AI offerings, and increasing infrastructure spending to support AI products.
- Personal AI agents are being positioned as a major consumer product category, with WhatsApp set to be the primary interface and Incognito Mode launched on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app for private conversations.
- Meta said its Business Agents are already used by more than 1 million businesses globally, and it is adding agentic features, rolling the service out on Instagram, and planning more pricing tiers for Meta One.
- The company also said it is investing aggressively in compute, including a strategic venture with BlackRock to develop a 1GW data centre in Texas, and raised 2026 capex guidance to $130 billion-$145 billion.
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The Truth About Data Centers: What’s Really Behind Your Electricity Bill
DataBank has published an explanatory article arguing that data centers are not the main driver of rising electricity bills and highlighting grid, fuel, and infrastructure factors.
- The article says data centers do not set electricity prices; regulated utilities charge state-approved commercial or industrial rates, while deregulated markets use negotiated rates like other large businesses.
- It cites natural gas prices rising 56% in 2025, PG&E projecting data center growth could lower household bills by up to 2%, and DataBank saying its own PUE improved from 1.81 in 2020 to 1.5 by end-2025.
- It also notes Texas rates rose about 3.8% in 2025, California rates rose 2.1%, and DataBank says power infrastructure construction starts rose 21.2% in Q1 2026 and are projected to finish the year more than 30% above 2025 levels.
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Climate Change Solutions - July 28, 2026
Environmental and Energy Study Institute has published a Climate Change Solutions newsletter highlighting climate data access, data center health impacts, nuclear energy, and several congressional bills.
- The newsletter spotlights a new online platform, Climate.us, and an interview with Rebecca Lindsey, who discusses filling the gap left by the now-defunct Climate.gov.
- It also summarizes recent legislative activity, including the House passage of the Next-Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act (H.R. 8790) and Senate movement on the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (S.4949) and the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026 (S.5045).
- A separate article in the newsletter discusses data center health impacts, noting emissions from on-site diesel generators and from natural gas and coal power plants used to power data centers.
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TACC Accelerates Open Science with SambaStack
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) highlights its role in open scientific computing and points readers to a SambaNova video about TACC accelerating open science with SambaStack.
- The content is a short promotional reference rather than a detailed article, and it does not announce a new deal, project, or procurement.
- It states that TACC has been one of the world’s premier hubs for open scientific computing for 25 years and links to a SambaNova video titled “TACC Accelerates Open Science with SambaStack”.
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Core Scientific Doubles AI Capacity to 1.1 GW in $14B AMD Deal
Core Scientific has announced a 15-year infrastructure agreement with AMD to expand its leased AI data center capacity to approximately 1.1 GW.
- The agreement covers 530 MW across five campuses and represents more than $14 billion in potential base contracted revenue; it begins in 2027 and gives AMD exclusive rights to reserve up to an additional 2 GW of future capacity.
- Core Scientific said the broader contracted AI portfolio now totals approximately 1.1 GW and more than $24 billion in potential contracted revenue; deliveries will begin at the Pecos, Texas campus in the first half of 2027, with development also advancing in Hunt, Texas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Auburn, Alabama; and Dalton, Georgia through 2028.
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Galaxy’s 500-Acre Texas AI Campus Reflects New Grid Model
Galaxy Digital has announced a new AI and high-performance computing campus in McGregor, Texas, after acquiring 500 acres for the project known as “Project Merlin.”
- The first phase is expected to reach 74 MW and begin receiving power in 2028, with the campus later expanding into a multi-hundred-megawatt site through 2030 as transmission infrastructure is added.
- Galaxy says it will privately fund an on-site substation, provide financial assurances for utility upgrades, and pay for additional water infrastructure; the project is also expected to involve more than $400 million in planned investment and include six to eight data center buildings.
- The company said the site is being developed with the McGregor Economic Development Corporation and Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative, and that its earlier Helios campus in Texas has already delivered about 200 MW of gross power, including 133 MW of critical IT load, under a long-term lease with CoreWeave.
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World Largest Asset Manager $15 Trillion BlackRock (Sopaipilla Investor) Issues $12.5 Billion 22-Year Note Due 2048 at United States 10-Year Treasury Yield + 2.875% to Finance Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Data Centre in United States Texas, BlackRock Subsidiaries (Global Infrastructure Management & HPS Investment Partners) Own 80% Stake & Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Owns 20% Stake
BlackRock has issued a $12.5 billion 22-year note due 2048 to finance a Meta Platforms data centre in Texas, United States.
- The financing was priced at United States 10-year Treasury yield + 2.875% and is described as a 22-year note due 2048.
- BlackRock subsidiaries Global Infrastructure Management and HPS Investment Partners reportedly own an 80% stake, while Meta Platforms owns 20%; the article is a news-style report from Caproasia, not a primary company announcement.