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Data centers in Texas: projects, fights & moratoriums
Projects tracked21
Blocked or withdrawn1
Moratoriums / limits2
Upcoming hearings2
Projects
- Comanche Circle (also Project Lion, Project Panther) (Hood County): delayed. Commissioners rejected a settlement and unanimously denied Sailfish's appeal of on-site permit denials; developer has threatened suit
- Rowan Temple data center campus (Synergy Park) (Bell County): approved. City council approved abatement amendment and reinvestment zones for Rowan phases; residents had asked county for a pause
- Bowie County site (600 acres) + 446 MW gas plant application (Bowie County): proposed. Residents asked commissioners to block data centers; no action taken
- Pawnee AI data center (Bee County): proposed. Residents packed courthouse; county says it lacks authority to regulate; TCEQ standard air permit (Bloom fuel cells) authorized June 25
- RCM Hill site (800+ acres) (Hill County): proposed. Developer dismissed its suit after county rescinded its moratorium and agreed to pay up to $100k in fees
- Meta Fort Worth Data Center (Tarrant County): operating. Operating campus (opened 2017)
- Meta Temple Data Center (Bell County): under construction. Meta info sheet (accessed 2026-10-16): broke ground 2022; jobs listed 'once completed'
- Meta El Paso Data Center (El Paso County): under construction. Meta raised commitment to $10B+ for 1 GW AI campus (initially $1.5B, Oct 2025)
- Google Armstrong County campuses (Armstrong County): proposed. New Panhandle campus announced in $40B Texas plan
- Google Haskell County campuses (2) (Haskell County): proposed. Two new Haskell County campuses in $40B Texas plan; one paired with solar + battery plant
- Microsoft San Antonio / Medina County campuses (Bexar County): operating. Two more Medina County buildings (SAT93/94) filed, construction 2027
- Stargate Abilene (Crusoe/Oracle/OpenAI) (Taylor County): operating. Six of eight buildings (618 MW) delivered to Oracle; remaining two in commissioning through Q1 2027
- Stargate Shackelford County (Vantage Frontier) (Shackelford County): under construction. Buildings 1-5 shells complete; filings show first building completion Feb 2027; 700 MW VoltaGrid off-grid gas microgrid permitted
- Stargate Milam County (SB Energy) (Milam County): under construction. Phase 1 'Freebird' ($470M, 4 halls) under construction; operations expected 2027
- CoreWeave Denton (Core Scientific) (Denton County): operating. Billing full ~260 MW to CoreWeave
- Galaxy Helios campus (Dickens County): under construction. Phase I 133 MW delivered to CoreWeave; Phase II 260 MW under construction
- IREN Sweetwater hub (Nolan County): under construction. Sweetwater 1 (1.4 GW) energized; Sweetwater 2 (600 MW) expected 2028
- CyrusOne DFW10 (Thad Hill, Bosque County) (Bosque County): under construction. First building topped out; 400 MW Calpine powered-land agreement; DFW11 planned Aug 2027
- Priority Power data center (College Station Midtown) (Brazos County): blocked. Council unanimously rejected $30M sale of ~200 acres after ~80 speakers opposed
- Fermi America HyperGrid / Project Matador (Carson County): under construction. Binding 222 MW TensorWave lease; closing extended to Oct 31, 2026; ~6 GW of planned 17 GW permitted
- Fluidstack/Anthropic Cameron County campus (Cameron County): under construction. Construction began on $4B, 1.5 GW first phase
Upcoming hearings & votes
- 2026-10-27: Denton City Council, Second required public hearing and first reading of a proposed 90-day data center moratorium
- 2026-12-01: Denton City Council, Scheduled final adoption of the 90-day data center moratorium
Moratoriums & local limits
- Hill County: moratorium (rescinded), adopted unknown
- Van Zandt County: moratorium, adopted unknown