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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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California City Approves First Voter-Enacted Data Center Ban
Monterey Park voters approved Measure NDC, enacting a citywide prohibition on data centers by roughly 86% support.
Main action: The measure prohibits data centers citywide unless repealed by a subsequent citywide vote; it passed with ~86% support and was placed on the June ballot after the City Council imposed and extended a moratorium. The ballot language cites protection of air quality, drinking water resources, public health, and utility rates. The specific proposed project that sparked the fight was a 247,000-square-foot facility on a 15.8-acre site in Saturn Business Park, backed by Australian firm HMC StratCap, which would have been located less than 500 feet from the nearest home and required about 50 MW of peak power; the developer withdrew the project in March as opposition mounted.
Context and background: The council first approved a 45-day moratorium before advancing a permanent ban and opting for a ballot measure (argued to be harder to reverse than an ordinance). Local concerns included power demand, diesel backup generators, noise, air quality, water use, electricity costs, and property values. The vote reflects a broader national trend of organized local opposition to data center and AI infrastructure expansion, noted by commentators and industry representatives such as Schneider Electric, University of Texas law professor David Spence, and J.Gold Associates.
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Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots
Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posts the latest data center career opportunities on its jobs board.
- Main announcement: Data Center Frontier and Pkaza have published a roundup of active data center job openings covering roles such as Mechanical Applications Engineer, Electrical Commissioning Engineer, Project Coordinator, Architect Design Manager, Electrical Project Manager, Commissioning Project Manager, Controls PM, Facility Operations Director, Project Executive (Owner’s Rep), and other critical-facilities positions across multiple U.S. locations (examples include Pittsburgh, PA; New Albany, OH; Ashburn, VA; Charlotte, NC; Denver, CO; Naperville, IL). Many roles note remote, traveling, or multiple-city availability and relocation options where specified.
- Background / details: This is a recurring/monthly jobs-posting series powered by Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting and the Data Center Frontier jobs board; listings emphasise employer needs for MEP/critical facilities design, commissioning, mission-critical power and cooling expertise, energy efficiency and LEED experience, and include travel/remote work options and multiple-site listings for several roles. No monetary values, contract amounts, or deal announcements are included.
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Solid Flow, Strong Future
CMBlu Energy (Giovanni Damato) described current operations, near‑term manufacturing projects, and pilot deployments for its aqueous solid‑flow long‑duration battery technology in a podcast interview (transcript of a Troutman Pepper “Battery + Storage” episode).
- Main announcement: CMBlu is operating pilot manufacturing and R&D in Germany, is constructing a 4 GWh facility in Greece (with EU funding) targeted to start production as early as end of 2027, and plans to replicate a 4 GWh commercial facility in the U.S. with U.S. manufacturing partners targeting U.S. production start in 2028; the company is also building U.S. supply‑chain content to pursue domestic content bonuses under U.S. clean energy tax incentives.
- Background and project details: CMBlu described an active 5 MW / 50 MWh pilot with Salt River Project (SRP) in the Phoenix area to demonstrate scaling toward very large data center loads, noted an existing commercial deployment with Mercedes‑Benz in Germany, and a pilot colocated with WEC in Milwaukee; the technology is aqueous (≈40% water / 60% solid), nonflammable, modular (standard ~10‑hour block, configurable 5–12+ hours), and intended to meet FEOC/domestic content requirements via local feedstock and U.S. manufacturing plans.
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Google’s water stewardship commitments for local communities
Google is announcing new water stewardship commitments to responsibly manage water at its data centers and to replenish more water than it consumes by 2030.
- Main announcement: Google commits to replenish more water than it consumes at its sites by 2030, listing five specific commitments (replenishment ambition, infrastructure modernization, air-cooled solutions for at-risk watersheds, transparent annual reporting, and pursuing reclaimed water). In 2025 Google replenished more than 7 billion gallons, currently manages 165 water stewardship projects across 97 watersheds, and states that projects (once fully implemented) are expected to replenish more than 19 billion gallons annually by 2030. Google is also evaluating more than 700 projects submitted to its Water Replenishment RFI.
- Background and implementation details: Google says it has committed over $500 million to water, wastewater and water reuse infrastructure to date and is announcing $17 million in support of new projects across seven U.S. states (Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas). Example partners/actions include Ducks Unlimited (wetlands enhancement, Flint River WMA), The Great Outdoors Foundation + Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (convert 5,000 acres to perennial systems), Huron River Watershed Council (expand green infrastructure), Trust for Public Land (restore 84 acres of floodplain forest), and local utility programs such as Metropolitan Utilities District’s leak detection; many projects are ongoing and repayment/implementation timelines target completion/increase in replenishment by 2030.
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New Data Center Developments: June 2026
Data Center Knowledge has published a monthly roundup of global data center developments.
- Highlights include: CloudBurst breaking ground on a 1.2 GW flagship campus in Central Texas; Nvidia partnering with IREN to deploy up to 5 GW of global AI infrastructure with Texas’ Sweetwater as a flagship site; Prime Data Centers breaking ground on SMF02 (150,000 sq.ft, 18 MW IT load) in Sacramento; Applied Digital planning Delta Forge 1 — $3.6 billion, 300-acre AI campus in Boyce, Louisiana; Hive Digital/Buzz HPC planning an ~320 MW AI facility in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Additional concrete items and timelines: SoftBank plans up to €75 billion to develop 5 GW in France (targeting 3.1 GW by 2031); Ardian & Verne’s €5 billion digital campus (500 MW, with 200+ MW by 2030); TotalEnergies’ €100 million Pangea 5 supercomputer investment; Arcem’s Joroinen site delivering 60 MW by 2027 and 100 MW by 2029; CDC Data Centres’ 555 MW contract to be delivered with operations commencing in FY28 and FY29. All items are factual summaries from the article.
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Climate Change Solutions - June 2, 2026
EESI announced its new analysis of bipartisanship on climate and energy in the 119th Congress and is hosting its 29th annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO on June 24.
- Main announcement: EESI released a new analysis of bipartisanship on environmental, energy, and climate bills (analysis covers January–March 2026) and is convening EXPO 2026 on June 24, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Rayburn House Office Building (Gold Room and Foyer) and online (reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.); event is free and open to the public with RSVP available.
- Additional details / context: The newsletter summarizes congressional activity including the House Appropriations Committee advancing the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (H.R.9022), multiple geothermal bills advanced by the House Committee on Natural Resources (e.g., Geo Act H.R.301, H.R.398, H.R.1077, H.R.1687, H.R.5617, H.R.5631, H.R.5638), introduction and markup of the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R.8870), and the Community Flood Resilience Act (H.R.9056) introduced by Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Gregory Meeks.
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DOE’s Agora Simulates AI Data Center Power Challenges on the Grid
The US Department of Energy has launched the Agora test platform to simulate the electrical behavior of hyperscale AI data centers and study their impacts on grid stability.
- Main announcement: DOE launched Agora, a first-of-its-kind large-load grid integration test bed that replicates AI data center electrical behavior to provide insights for grid stability and resilience; the article situates this alongside ERCOT’s dedicated modeling work and Texas A&M’s 105-page dynamic modeling manual.
- Background and details: Utilities and vendors (notably ERCOT, Texas A&M, and Schneider Electric) have spent roughly two years focused on supply-side capacity; the new work shifts emphasis to fault ride-through, reconnection behavior, fast ramping, and multi-gigawatt demand dynamics, and cites ERCOT/Texas A&M goals to study disturbance ride-through, post-fault recovery, and transient stability.
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ERock Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
ERock, Inc. has announced the launch of the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering of 27,906,977 shares of Class A common stock.
- Offering details: The company is offering 27,906,977 shares of Class A common stock with an expected IPO price range of $20.00 to $23.00 per share, and intends to grant underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 4,186,046 additional shares to cover over-allotments. The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “EROC”.
- Registration and distribution: The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus; a registration statement on Form S-1 has been filed with the U.S. SEC but is not yet effective. Preliminary prospectuses may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions), or via the provided prospectus request emails.
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Can Data Centers Ditch Concrete – or Just Use Less of It?
Equinix and other operators are adopting low-carbon materials and retrofit strategies while acknowledging that mission-critical structural elements will continue to rely on conventional concrete.
- Main action: Operators including Equinix, DataBank, and WhiteFiber are implementing low-carbon concrete mixes, mass timber for non-critical buildings (Equinix administrative building in Frankfurt; Meta admin building in Aiken County, S.C.), and retrofits (WhiteFiber NC-1 in Madison, N.C.) to reduce embodied carbon while meeting accelerated AI-driven timelines.
- Background/details: The article documents compute densities of 50–150 kW per rack, the shift to liquid cooling increasing structural demands, the timing constraint (construction schedules compressed from years to months), and Equinix’s three-step framework: Avoid, Reduce, Scale; it also notes emerging carbon capture in cement works in several European markets as a decarbonization pathway.
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Targeted Pressure: How Chinese Manufacturing Competition Impacts US States
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report finding Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and harming industries across every U.S. state.
- Main finding & method: The ITIF report (June 1, 2026) analyzes one “national power industry” per state using County Business Patterns employment data, HS/SITC export proxies, and global market-share series to conclude that state-backed Chinese subsidies, export pushes, and overcapacity are driving down prices and pressuring U.S. producers in sectors such as semiconductors, batteries, aircraft, and fabricated metals.
- Key facts, numbers, and timelines:China plans ~$150 billion in semiconductor investment through 2030 vs. $52 billion under the U.S. CHIPS funding; the report cites $63.3 billion Chinese semiconductor spending in H1 2025, TSMC’s $165 billion U.S. investment announcement, GE Appliances’ $490 million Appliance Park investment (2025), and state/national export shares and HS-code trade series used throughout the analyses.