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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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Can Growing Community Backlash Quiet the AI Data Center Boom?
The article reports that organized opposition to US data center development is growing rapidly as AI infrastructure buildouts accelerate, with new survey and tracking data suggesting community acceptance is becoming a major site-selection factor.
- DataCenterOpposition.com says it now tracks 430 local groups opposing data center projects in more than 40 states, up from 268 in April and about 76 at end-2025; the groups are estimated to represent more than 525,000 members.
- The piece also cites Data Center Watch reporting opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects representing roughly $130 billion in Q1 2026; in Virginia, QTS ended its Prince William Digital Gateway pursuit and the Dulles South Innovation Center proposal collapsed after permitting, political, and community opposition.
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Prologis files to build 99MW data center in San Jose, California
Prologis has announced plans to develop a new data center at 5977 Silver Creek Valley Road in San Jose, California.
- The proposed project is a three-story, 516,000 sq ft facility on about 15 acres, with 99MW of capacity and an on-site substation.
- Prologis said construction would take around two years and that it will cover the costs of transmission upgrades; the site was previously acquired by Duke Realty for $40.2 million in 2021 and later transferred to Prologis through the $23 billion Duke Realty acquisition in 2022.
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Google Cloud names Hussein Shell to lead oil & gas unit
Google Cloud has announced that Hussein Shell will lead its global oil and gas strategy from Houston, Texas.
- Shell moved from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was chief technologist for just under four years working on cloud migration and technology innovation for energy and utility companies.
- He previously served as CTO of energy and resources at Microsoft and spent nine years at Chevron; he said the energy sector needs next-generation solutions using AI, machine learning, and data analytics. The article also notes Google Cloud has partnered with SLB, TotalEnergies, Aker BP, Chevron, and more recently Baker Hughes on AI tools for data center power optimization and sustainability.
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Space Solar Power Is Coming Home to the Energy Industry
The article is an opinion/commentary piece arguing that space solar power is becoming relevant to the energy industry, while also reporting several company updates shared at a panel and an upcoming symposium.
- Virtus Solis Technologies said it had signed terms for its first 500-MW deployment agreement, with pilot deployments targeted within 24 months; the company is building a commercial SSP system scalable from 100 MW to 20 GW.
- Overview Energy described plans to power utility-scale solar farms at night using near-infrared laser transmission from geosynchronous orbit, while Reach Power discussed terrestrial wireless power systems; the article also notes a Sept. 30, 2026 Space Solar Power Symposium in Washington, D.C. and cites an Overview Energy and Meta capacity reservation agreement announced a week later.
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322-acre data center could be built in White County, Indiana
Blue Ladder Development has proposed a 322-acre data center campus in White County, Indiana.
- The site plan calls for four data center buildings of 327,612 sq ft each, plus two substations, a warehouse, and an office building on land south of US Highway 24 and next to N 1100 W.
- Blue Ladder says the campus would use a closed-loop cooling system and that it will pay for its own power and bring its own capacity; however, the company has not yet acquired the land or secured an end user.
- Blue Ladder is holding a second community forum on Tuesday, July 14, after an initial forum on Monday, June 29; the company previously bought and zoned land for data center development in Forney, Texas in 2021 but did not build there.
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20MW data center eyed in Parsons, Kansas
The Parsons city commission has approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid for a proposed 20MW data center in Parsons, Kansas.
- The company is looking to buy around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park and will use the option period to conduct due diligence; construction would require separate approval.
- HyperDataGrid says it develops high-density liquid-cooled data centers using closed-loop systems and direct-to-chip cooling that can support up to 600kW per rack; the company says its 20MW facilities could come online within 12 months.
- The project was first announced in June; HyperDataGrid also said it has two planned developments in Texas, though few details were provided.
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KBRA Assigns A+ Preliminary Rating to QTS Thunder Managing Issuer, LLC’s up to $3.6 Billion Senior Secured Debt
KBRA has assigned an A+ preliminary rating to QTS Thunder Managing Issuer, LLC’s proposed $3.6 billion senior secured obligations, with a Stable Outlook.
- KBRA said QTS and Blackstone are adding five newly constructed data centers to an existing master indenture structure (MIS), creating a portfolio of 12 fully contracted and stabilized data centers totaling 493.5MW across Richmond, Phoenix, Dallas, Columbus, and Manassas.
- The contemplated incremental financing covers five assets totaling 214.5MW across Dallas, Phoenix, and Richmond; the new notes and any related senior secured loans will rank pari passu with approximately $4.3 billion of existing MIS indebtedness, bringing total senior secured indebtedness to up to approximately $7.9 billion.
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Tyler, Texas, rejects Bitcoin mining data center
The City of Tyler’s planning and zoning commission has rejected a special use permit for Vulcan Core LLC’s proposed Bitcoin mining data center in Tyler, Texas.
- The commission voted 5-2 to deny the permit for a 1.92-acre parcel at 1101 and 1105 W. Erwin Street for an 8,090 sq ft (750 sqm) data center.
- The project would have been limited to 12MW of electrical capacity, with concerns raised by residents about water use, noise, and proximity; the permit also described a closed-loop system, outdoor dry-cooler heat rejection, and no diesel generators or on-site combustion equipment.
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Edged eyes 725MW data center campus in Pennsylvania
Edged has announced updated plans for Project Atlas, a data center campus in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, scaling back from six buildings to three. - The revised proposal covers three buildings totaling about 1.5 million sq ft and 725MW, down from the original plan for six data centers and more than 5.1 million sq ft.
- Edged says it will fund all power and infrastructure upgrades for the campus and plans to dedicate 160 acres to the Jordan Creek Greenway; the site spans about 410 acres at 2493 N. Cedar Crest Boulevard.
- The article says up to $9 billion was originally set to be invested according to city documents, and notes the township planning commission is expected to discuss the project this week.
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Plans filed for 100,000 sq ft data center outside Dallas, Texas
BT Gateway Data Center LLC has filed plans to develop the BT Gateway Data Center outside Royse City, Texas.
- The company filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for a 100,000 sq ft data center at 4989 County Road 2656; construction on the $384 million project is slated to run from August 2026 to February 2027.
- The site is outside Royse City in Hunt County, near Dallas; BT Gateway shares an address with Belltown Power, which has previously announced multiple North Texas data center projects and a separate 1.5GW project in Leon County known as Project Kahla.