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16 verified signals across 1 counties tracked daily.
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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World’s largest second-life battery storage project joins Texas grid
Element Energy has commissioned 53 MWh second-life battery storage project in Texas using 900 repurposed EV batteries, operating on ERCOT grid since May 2024.
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Accelsius to provide direct-to-chip liquid cooling to iM Data Centers’ Miami facility
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Texas Mandates Cryptomining Registration, Power Demand Reporting, to Bolster Grid Reliability
PUCT has adopted a rule requiring crypto mining facilities in Texas with >75MW load to register and report details, addressing grid reliability amid projected 60% surge in large flexible load demand by 2025.
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Rosendin’s Texas-sized hiring spree seeks 700 electricians
Rosendin, an electrical contractor, has launched recruitment for 700 tradeworkers in Texas for digital and energy infrastructure development, including renewable energy projects. The company recorded $560.7M revenue in 2023.
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Corporate America vastly increases investment in solar and storage
SEIA report reveals U.S. businesses have installed 40 GW of solar capacity and 1.8 GWh storage. Meta leads solar procurement with 5.2 GW, Google leads storage with 936 MWh. Amazon achieved 100% renewable energy goal ahead of schedule.
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Data center boom fuels demand for nuclear projects
Tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have partnered with nuclear power companies to develop small modular reactors and restart existing plants to power their data centers with clean energy by 2030.
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Planning activity cools, data center surge moderates
Nonresidential construction planning declined 5.3% in October, notably impacting commercial and institutional projects.
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Inside the data center boom: Building the future of AI, 5G and beyond
Clune Construction, ranked as the 8th Largest U.S. Data Center Contractor, is expanding its data center construction capabilities to meet the growing demand driven by AI and digital innovations. The company has grown from handling 2-3 MW projects to taking on projects up to 500 MW, with 807.5 MW of new data center facilities brought online in Q1 2024 representing 24.4% year-over-year growth.
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Fluor profits fall, data center and nuclear offer upside
Fluor reports Q3 2024 results with focus on data center construction and nuclear energy projects, including small modular reactors, despite project delays affecting earnings. The company has earned $54 million in Q3 2024 (down from $206 million year ago) with revenue of $4.09 billion and backlog of $31.32 billion, while developing innovative solutions like offsite modularization for data centers and expanding its nuclear portfolio to meet rising power demands.
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Databank secures $2B to build data centers
Databank secures $2B to expand data centers in Dallas, Culpeper, and Atlanta by 2027.