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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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Google signs vPPA with Cypress Creek for 2.45GW solar project in Arkansas - report
Google has announced a long-term virtual power purchase agreement with Cypress Creek for the full output of the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
- The project is under development and is planned in three phases, reaching 2.45GW of solar and 2.9GWh of battery energy storage at full buildout; the first phase will deliver 1.6GW of solar and 2GWh of battery storage.
- The project is expected to be completed in 2029; the vPPA is at a fixed price and supports Cypress Creek’s $3.5 billion financing secured last month, while Google receives the environmental credits tied to the facility.
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Weather grows as one of data center growth’s greatest risks
Zurich North America has released a report warning that AI-driven hyperscale data centers face a broader set of construction, operational, and insurance risks as buildouts accelerate.
- Report focus: Zurich’s report, “Data Center Risks Right Now: Six Critical Questions to Enable a Resilient Buildout,” highlights severe weather, compressed construction schedules, energy infrastructure, water availability, downtime, equipment replacement delays, workforce shortages, and geopolitical/regulatory pressure.
- Key figures: Zurich says hyperscalers are expected to spend $710 billion in capex during 2026, global data center investment could exceed $7 trillion by 2030, and new capacity added from 2026-2030 is expected to total about 100 GW; it also says average insured data center value has risen from about $150 million five years ago to roughly $3 billion today.
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Tract looks to develop 900MW data center park outside Richmond, Virginia
Tract has announced a pre-application filing to develop the Tuckahoe Technology Park, an 872-acre master-planned data center campus in Goochland County, Virginia.
- Filed a pre-application for a conditional use permit (CUP) through VALCO Goochland, LLC for land in the county’s technology overlay district (TOD West).
- The proposed campus would include 12 buildings, reach 900MW at full build-out, and require more than $3 billion in investment; a community meeting is scheduled for July 23.
- Tract says it aims to make sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other developers, and county officials said negotiations have been ongoing since late 2023.
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ECL, PowerCell partner to deploy hydrogen fuel cell power systems across US data centers
ECL has announced a partnership with PowerCell Group to support hydrogen-powered data centers across the US.
- The deal includes a firm purchase order for PowerCell PS190 fuel cell systems and a non-binding MoU for about 300MW of additional hydrogen fuel cell capacity across ECL’s data center portfolio.
- First deployments will begin at ECL’s 35MW CSC-1 campus in Santa Clara, California, using PowerCell’s containerized systems within ECL’s FlexGrid microgrid architecture with grid power, natural gas, and battery storage; the partners have also already deployed fuel cells at ECL’s MV-1 facility in Mountain View, California.
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United States Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Company Csquare NYSE IPO to Raise $1.4 Billion at $4.2 Billion Valuation with Expected IPO Listing on 16th July 2026, Founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Canada $1 Trillion Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners) with Merger of Cyxtera Technologies & Evoque Data Center Solutions
Csquare has announced plans for a NYSE IPO, with the article stating it is raising $1.4 billion at a $4.2 billion valuation and expected to list on 16 July 2026.
- The company is described as a United States data center & digital infrastructure platform headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with a portfolio across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
- The article says Csquare was founded in 2024 as Centersquare by Brookfield Asset Management through a merger of Cyxtera Technologies and Evoque Data Center Solutions; it also highlights its carrier-neutral colocation, interconnection, and AI-enabled use cases.
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Mara acquires 1,200-acre Texas site from HIF USA for up to 2GW data center campus
Mara has announced the acquisition of a powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, to develop a large-scale digital infrastructure campus with Starwood Digital Ventures.
- The site spans more than 1,200 acres and is expected to provide up to 1GW of grid capacity initially by October 2027 and up to 2GW by April 2028.
- The campus is planned to support high-performance computing, flexible compute, and Bitcoin mining; phased construction is expected to begin this year, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Mara said the site has already drawn interest from potential tenants in the high-performance computing sector and that the acquisition expands its long-term development pipeline.
- The company also referenced prior deals, including a 505MW gas plant acquisition in Ohio and a 25MW to 50MW gas-to-power expansion in North Dakota.
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HyperDataGrid eyes data center outside Lufkin, Texas
HyperDataGrid is looking to develop a new data center facility outside Lufkin, Texas.
- The company is developing the site on Highway 103 West at the former Northern Chip Mill property, a 40-acre timber facility on Ben Dunn Road.
- Angelina County Judge Keith Wright said HyperDataGrid has secured electrical and water agreements and has begun clearing land; the firm says its Texas facilities could use closed-loop systems, direct-to-chip cooling, and support up to 600kW per rack, with 20MW facilities possible within 12 months.
This is a report referencing a development plan rather than a formal company press release; it also notes HyperDataGrid is known to be developing a 20MW facility in Parsons, Kansas, and that it lists plans for two facilities in Texas on its website.
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TeraWulf seeks $3.5bn in funding for construction of data center for Anthropic
TeraWulf has announced plans to raise around $3.5 billion in debt financing for its data center campus in Kentucky, with the facility expected to be leased by Anthropic.
- Morgan Stanley is expected to lead the financing, and the package will likely also include high-yield bonds.
- The fundraising follows Anthropic’s reported 20-year deal for the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, with a total estimated value of $19 billion; TeraWulf also said it sold its 50.1% stake in the Abernathy Joint Venture with Fluidstack and previously secured a $250 million revolving credit line.
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FLOPS vs Megawatts: Who’s Winning in 2026 Supercomputing?
The article provides analysis and commentary on 2026 supercomputing buildouts, contrasting public exascale systems with hyperscaler AI campuses. It is not a first-time announcement by one entity, but a roundup of recent developments and milestones.
- The piece compares public TOP500 systems and private hyperscaler AI campuses, highlighting that private builds are measured in hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts rather than HPL scores.
- It cites several recent milestones, including Microsoft’s Wisconsin Fairwater campus, xAI’s Colossus 2, OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate, and Meta’s Prometheus nuclear power agreements.
- It also notes Alice Recoque installation in France under a €354.8 million EuroHPC JU contract with Eviden and mentions the next TOP500 list at SC26 in November.
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DOE Closes $3.26 Billion Transmission Loan to AEP Texas
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that its Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas for transmission upgrades.
- The financing will support nearly 100 transmission projects across south and west Texas, including rebuilding, reconductoring, and new construction of roughly 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
- DOE said the projects are intended to help meet demand from data centers, advanced manufacturing, and Permian Basin oil and gas development, and it estimated $685 million in savings over 30 years for more than 1 million Texas households and businesses.
- AEP Texas said it has signed letters of agreement supporting up to 41 GW of potential new load additions through 2030.
- The article also places this loan in the context of other recent DOE financing actions, including a $26.54 billion package for Southern Co. subsidiaries and a prior $1.6 billion DOE transmission loan guarantee for AEP.