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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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Top JUST IN — Texas
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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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Tracking Pax Silica’s Evolution: A Timeline
ITIF published a timeline article tracking the evolution of Pax Silica and related government announcements on AI supply chains, infrastructure, and multilateral cooperation.
- The timeline compiles launches, accessions, working groups, and agreements from December 2025 to August 2026, including the Pax Silica Declaration, the AI Opportunity Statement, and the Pax Silica Fund.
- It also highlights concrete infrastructure and policy actions such as a 4,000-acre economic security zone in Luzon and the U.S. roundtable on American mining that secured over $2 billion in critical mineral projects and $180 million in workforce investments.
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NextEra Energy, U.S. Department of Commerce and Government of Japan finalize commercial terms; reach funding milestone for up to 10 GW of gas-powered generation
NextEra Energy has announced definitive agreements with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Government of Japan to fund development and operation of up to 10 GW of natural gas-powered generation in Texas and Pennsylvania.
- The first tranche of funding will support development activities including down payments on long-lead equipment, such as turbines, and selection of engineering, procurement and construction contractors.
- The projects were selected in connection with Japan’s $550 billion investment commitment to the United States; initial resources are expected online by end-2028 and completion is expected in 2032. The release also cites a $3.3 billion initial investment and a $17 billion South Mon project with 4.3 GW of generation.
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Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi Sign Agreement to Launch Next Phase of Texas Gas-Plus-Nuclear Project
Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy have announced an agreement to advance the next phase of their collaboration on a 2.5 GW gas-plus-nuclear power plant in Victoria, Texas.
- The agreement launches engineering design, licensing, and safety analysis for the Texas project, with a final investment decision in 2027.
- The project would initially supply a nearby data center with about 1 GW from two GE Vernova gas turbines in 2030, then add 1.5 GW from up to five BWRX-300 SMRs beginning in 2032; the first BWRX-300 remains under construction at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site in Canada.
- Blue Energy says its “Blue Way” uses prefabrication, transportation, and assembly to improve schedule, cost, and delivery predictability; the release also includes company background and investor/media contacts.
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Data Center Backlash Widens as Texas Freezes 474 GW Grid Queue
Natural Gas Intelligence quoted Troutman Pepper Locke’s article on Texas data center grid connections and the state’s growing oversight push.
- Attorneys John Arnold, Brandon Lobb, and Rachael Beavers said ERCOT interconnection queue participants “face a delay of indeterminate duration” after Texas froze a 474 GW grid queue.
- The article says Texas had been expected to overtake Virginia as the largest US data center market, but that outcome is now “materially less certain”; Abbott plans to work with the Texas Legislature when it convenes in January 2027, and Troutman attorneys expect the PUCT to seek expanded statutory authority.
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Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a comprehensive audit of all data center projects advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, following a pause on new data center grid interconnections. - The audit instructs the PUCT and ERCOT to assess whether data centers pay their own way, provide their own power or rely on the grid, bring their own water or reuse water, mitigate impacts on neighbors, and disclose ownership and controlling interests. - Bloomberg NEF says the pause could affect about 49.8 GW of projects, with potential financial impact of upwards of $8 billion by Q1 2027; ERCOT has more than 470 GW of interconnection requests, about 90% tied to data center load, and expects 8.25 GW of new data center capacity online by 2030. This article is commentary/analysis referencing Abbott’s earlier-month directive and related policy developments, not a first-time primary announcement from the named entities.
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SpaceX Plans to Power $16.8B Terafab Without the Grid
SpaceX has announced that its Terafab semiconductor and AI campus in Grimes County, Texas is planned to be powered primarily by onsite generation and battery storage rather than routine grid electricity.
- The fully executed tax-abatement agreement says the facilities are “expected to be powered” by on-site power plant(s) and are “not expected to use electricity from the grid”; the agreement also references a battery storage project.
- SpaceX and Tesla previously unveiled an initial $16.8 billion investment on Aug. 6; Texas incentive filings describe a four-phase project with potential investment of $119 billion.
- Grimes County designated the property as a reinvestment zone on June 3; the county order describes the proposed development as including a semiconductor manufacturing plant, an artificial intelligence facility, and a power plant.
- The article also says SpaceX plans natural gas-fired power plants, large battery arrays, and onsite water/wastewater infrastructure, though the tax agreement does not specify the fuel, capacity, or battery technology.
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Daily briefing: What scientists can learn from a solar eclipse
Nature Briefing has published a newsletter roundup that includes a reference to QED Science’s AI validation tool and several unrelated science and commentary items.
- The briefing says QED Science has released a free AI tool to judge whether life-sciences research is original and valid, and that it was used to select the top 1% of bioRxiv preprints posted between May 2025 and April 2026.
- The newsletter also mentions a separate QED Science press release as the reference source, while other sections cover the solar eclipse, El Niño in the Amazon, open-weight AI models, mangrove carbon credits in Maputo, Mozambique, and a quote from Jacob Smith.
- This is a news/briefing roundup, not a first-person corporate announcement from the main article itself; the QED Science item references a recent launch rather than presenting detailed primary-source disclosure.
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Why Data Center Development Is Facing a Legal Reckoning
The article argues that growing opposition to data center development is increasingly leading to litigation, and discusses defamation and anti-SLAPP laws as legal tools available to both opponents and developers.
- In Texas, Hill County briefly adopted then rescinded a data center moratorium after a $100 million lawsuit was filed; the piece also cites a Diode Ventures project near Cedar Creek Lake that was abandoned after community opposition and a freeze on new data center development by Governor Greg Abbott pending a grid audit.
- The article references Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace as a precedent, noting a North Dakota jury awarded more than $667 million on defamation claims; it then explains that anti-SLAPP motions can force early dismissal and potentially shift attorneys’ fees.
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Texas’ 474GW Data Centre Ramp up in Doubt as Governor Pumps the Brakes
Troutman Pepper Locke commented on a Recharge News article about Texas delaying data centre grid connections amid increased oversight pressure.
- The memo says active ERCOT interconnection queue participants face a delay of indeterminate duration after the governor “pumps the brakes” on the ramp-up in Texas.
- The firm warned that investors in transmission, generation, and grid infrastructure tied to large-load projects should review project viability, lender security interests, committed capital deployment schedules, and counterparty termination rights, and noted clients using the 7 August deadline should review project documents.
- The article frames the development as making the path forward “materially less certain,” while noting ERCOT covers around 90% of the Texas grid and that the regulator may seek expanded authority over data centres.
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3 GW Off PJM, Again: What NERC’s 2024 Investigation Already Told Us
The article is an opinion/engineering commentary by Shalin Savalia arguing that data centers should coordinate ride-through and protection settings with grid operators, amid new compliance actions affecting computational loads.
- The piece cites a July 22, 2026 PJM event in which more than 3 GW of data center load in Ashburn, Virginia left the grid after a transmission fault, with the grid absorbing the disturbance and no bulk-system reliability impact.
- It references NERC’s 2024 incident review of a similar failure mode, plus subsequent regulatory actions: NERC Level 3 alert on May 4, 2026, ERCOT NOGRR 282 approved July 9, 2026, and FERC directing new or modified reliability standards by Dec. 31, 2026.