TX — State Policy Updated 2026-07-17

Texas

A. State sales/use tax exemptions B. Property tax incentives C. Local incentives D. Sales tax refunds E. Franchise tax relief A. Statewide moratoriums B. Zoning and land use controls C. Environmental constraints D. Noise/operational constraints E. Community opposition patterns

1) Incentive programs

A. State sales/use tax exemptions (data center specific)

  • Qualified data center exemption (Tex. Tax Code §151.359): Exempts qualifying tangible personal property, including electricity and equipment, from state sales/use tax only; local sales taxes still apply. Eligibility requires 20 qualifying jobs and $200M+ capital investment within 5 years; the exemption lasts 10 years for $200M-<$250M projects or 15 years for $250M+ projects. Projects with Chapter 313 limitations are ineligible. Texas Tax Code §151.359, accessed 2026-06-10; Texas Comptroller, accessed 2026-06-10
  • Large data center project exemption (Tex. Tax Code §151.3595): Requires 40 qualifying jobs, $500M+ capital investment within 5 years, and a contract for 20 MW of transmission capacity. The exemption lasts 20 years from certification; Chapter 313 limitation projects are ineligible. Texas Tax Code §151.3595, accessed 2026-06-10; Texas Comptroller, accessed 2026-06-10
  • Program scale changed materially in 2026 reporting: The Comptroller’s public registry listed 2026 effective dates for new qualifying large data center projects including C1 Bosque I (2026-03-06), C1 Bosque II (2026-04-13), ECX AUS11-16 (2026-04-24), Project Star (2026-05-26), Spectrum Data Center (2026-05-21), Milam County Data Center Phase 2 (2026-06-10), Project Lightning (2026-06-04), Riot Rockdale Data Center 2 (2026-06-01), and STN OD1-Project Landman (2026-06-18). Texas Comptroller, accessed 2026-07-17
  • Fiscal scrutiny intensified but the exemption was not changed during the update window: The Texas Tribune reported, based on Comptroller figures, that the state is projected to forgo $3.2B in data-center sales tax revenue over the 2026-2027 biennium and that lawmakers expect to examine repeal, limits, or stronger requirements before the 2027 regular session. Texas Tribune, 2026-04-08
  • Senate interim charges put the exemption on the 2026 study agenda: The Senate Finance Committee charge on “Data Center Investment and State Fiscal Effects” cited growth in the data-center sales tax exemption from an estimated $14.6M in the 2014-2015 biennium to a projected $3.3B in 2028-2029, and directed senators to study the cost and consequences of Tax Code §§151.359 and 151.3595 and recommend safeguards. Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 2026-03-27
  • No 2026 bill changed the exemptions or created a statewide moratorium: Texas did not hold a regular legislative session in 2026, so no 2026 data-center incentive, taxation, reporting, ratepayer-protection, or moratorium bill was passed, vetoed, or allowed to die during the review window. The next regular session begins Jan. 12, 2027. Legislative Reference Library of Texas, accessed 2026-07-17
  • The governor proposed future changes but did not repeal the incentives: On June 10, Gov. Greg Abbott said he would seek 2027 legislation to phase out data-center tax incentives, require data centers to add generation capacity and use water-efficient cooling, mandate annual electricity/water reporting, and authorize setbacks and noise protections. These were announced legislative priorities, not changes to current law. Office of the Governor of Texas, 2026-06-10
  • Clean energy conditions: The data center sales tax statutes and Comptroller program page do not condition eligibility on renewable energy, emissions, water use, or community-benefit commitments; eligibility is tied to investment, jobs, and, for large projects, transmission-capacity contracting. Texas Tax Code §151.359, accessed 2026-06-10; Texas Tax Code §151.3595, accessed 2026-06-10

B. Property tax incentives

  • Chapter 312 property tax abatements: Cities and counties may offer abatements under the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act; the statute sunsets Sept. 1, 2029 unless extended. Texas Tax Code ch. 312, accessed 2026-06-10
  • JOBS Act / JETI (Gov’t Code ch. 403, Subch. T): Creates a school district limitation on taxable value for eligible projects with a 10-year incentive period; taxable value during the incentive period is generally 50% of market value or 25% in a qualified opportunity zone, with no taxable value during construction until the year after completion. Texas Government Code ch. 403, accessed 2026-06-10
  • Data-center eligibility under JETI is case-specific: Eligible project categories include manufacturing, utility-service facilities, natural-resource projects, high-tech R&D or manufacturing, and “critical infrastructure”; a data center must fit one of those categories to qualify. Texas Government Code §403.602, accessed 2026-06-10

C. Local incentives

  • Chapter 380/381 agreements: Municipalities and counties can provide economic development grants, loans, infrastructure reimbursements, rebates, or other negotiated support; the Comptroller maintains a statewide reporting database, but it is not a data-center-only fiscal impact study. Texas Comptroller, accessed 2026-06-10

D. Sales tax refunds (not data-center specific, but available to large projects)

E. Franchise tax relief

2) Restrictions and moratoriums

A. Statewide moratoriums

  • No statewide data-center moratorium or statewide siting ban was enacted from 2026-02-01 through 2026-07-17. Texas had no regular legislative session during this window: the Legislative Reference Library lists the 89th Regular Session as Jan. 14-June 2, 2025, with the next regular session scheduled for Jan. 12-May 31, 2027. Legislative Reference Library of Texas, accessed 2026-07-17
  • The 2026 state posture moved to interim study rather than enacted moratorium legislation: March 2026 House interim charges directed the Natural Resources Committee to examine data-center water use and the State Affairs Committee to study data-center development, SB 6 implementation, and ERCOT’s large-load batch study process. Texas House of Representatives, 2026-03-25
  • A statewide pause became an executive-branch talking point, not law: Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller published a May 18, 2026 opinion calling for a temporary moratorium on new hyperscale data-center development until Texas studies infrastructure, agriculture, and community impacts; the statement did not create a binding statewide moratorium. Texas Department of Agriculture, 2026-05-18

B. Zoning and land use controls

  • Municipal zoning authority: Cities may regulate land use, building size, density, and related factors under Local Gov’t Code §211.003. Texas Local Government Code §211.003, accessed 2026-06-10
  • County limits: Counties generally cannot regulate land use by business/industrial/residential category in unincorporated areas under Local Gov’t Code §232.101(b), making county data-center responses more dependent on subdivision, platting, road, drainage, fire, and utility-review tools. Texas Local Government Code §232.101, accessed 2026-06-10
  • Hill County moratorium adopted, then rescinded; litigation dismissed: Hill County commissioners adopted what the Texas Tribune described as an apparent first-in-Texas county data-center moratorium in May 2026, but rescinded it on June 4 after a developer lawsuit and replaced it with a developer checklist. The developer voluntarily dismissed its $100M lawsuit in July, leaving the rescission and checklist in place. Texas Tribune, 2026-06-05; KWTX, 2026-07-15
  • Harlingen adopted a city moratorium: The Harlingen City Commission approved a 120-day moratorium in May 2026 to research data-center impacts and update ordinances; city officials said they were not aware of any data center then seeking to locate within city limits. KRGV, 2026-05-23
  • Hood County rejected a moratorium but tightened development rules: Hood County commissioners rejected a proposed temporary pause on new industrial development, including data centers, on Feb. 10, 2026 after a state senator warned that counties lacked authority to impose development moratoriums; in March, commissioners amended development regulations for large industrial projects, adding concept-plan disclosures for water sourcing, energy use, infrastructure, environmental impacts, and drainage. News From The States, 2026-02-10; Texas Tribune, 2026-06-02
  • Hood County project decisions triggered litigation: Hood County revoked a previously approved concept plan for the 862-acre “Fort Spunky” campus after a local water utility board denied the developer’s water request, and the developer sued; commissioners also delayed votes on two other projects, “Project Red” and “Project Yellow,” and faced another lawsuit alleging unlawful delay. Texas Tribune, 2026-06-02
  • San Angelo adopted data-center land-use regulations: San Angelo approved data-center land-use regulations on second reading at the May 19, 2026 City Council meeting, applying to potential data centers within city limits. City of San Angelo, 2026-05-19
  • Granbury adopted city data-center standards before receiving a formal application: The City of Granbury stated on May 21, 2026 that it had adopted regulations for potential data centers within city limits addressing noise mitigation, sound barriers, acoustic materials, site planning, building height, visual screening, water systems, battery and fuel storage, dust control, traffic mitigation, and lighting protections; it also said it had not received a formal development application as of that date. City of Granbury, 2026-05-21
  • San Marcos prohibited data centers citywide: On June 16, the City Council adopted its general zoning update 7-0 and separately voted 4-3 to amend it so data centers are prohibited in every zoning district. City of San Marcos, 2026-06-16
  • San Marcos first denied the Francis Harris Lane project: On Feb. 17, the council voted 5-2 to deny the comprehensive-plan amendment needed for a proposed data center on roughly 199 acres, stopping the associated zoning and annexation items before the later citywide prohibition. City of San Marcos, 2026-02-17
  • Lewisville adopted special-use-permit review: On June 15, the City Council unanimously amended the Unified Development Code so new data centers require a special use permit, cannot locate in residential districts, and must receive two public-input opportunities focused on water, power, and neighborhood effects. City of Lewisville, 2026-06-23
  • Sanger and Denison restricted by-right siting: Sanger unanimously adopted Ordinance 05-21-26 defining data centers and requiring a special use permit, while Denison adopted Ordinance 5448 to remove data centers as by-right uses outside industrial districts and require conditional approval in its permitted industrial zones. City of Sanger, 2026-05-18; City of Denison, 2026-05-18
  • Athens tabled proposed data-center ordinances: On April 13, the City Council unanimously tabled final readings of both enterprise and non-enterprise data-center ordinances; the city later reported that the interested company could not proceed and that supplemental regulations remained under development, with no final ordinance posted by the cutoff date. City of Athens, 2026-04-13; City of Athens, accessed 2026-07-17
  • Round Rock approved the Skybox PUD: On Feb. 12, the council gave final approval to a 29.69-acre planned development allowing one data-center building capped at 250,000 square feet and 75 MW of grid-interconnected power, with closed-loop cooling, generator-use limits, and a roughly 500-foot residential setback. The city reported no project incentives. City of Round Rock, 2026-02-12
  • Fort Worth’s citywide standards were returned for more work: The Zoning Commission recommended denial of the proposed standards on July 8. A council majority then directed staff to prepare an Aug. 11 ordinance initiating the legal process for a temporary moratorium while standards are completed; as of July 17, neither the standards nor a moratorium had been adopted. KERA, 2026-07-09; City of Fort Worth release via PublicNow, 2026-07-13
  • Fort Worth project decision remains active: In April 2026, a Fort Worth Zoning Commission vote advanced a data center site plan on more than 450 rezoned acres, with a proposed 980 MW substation dedicated to the project and revisions to setbacks, height, and site-plan conditions. KERA, 2026-04-15
  • Mesquite’s standards were postponed: The proposed ZTA2026-01 package reached a July 6 public hearing but was formally postponed, so no final action had occurred by July 17. The proposal would limit data centers to industrial districts with conditional-use review, impose noise/water/utility standards, and prohibit cryptocurrency mining. City of Mesquite, accessed 2026-07-17; City of Mesquite Planning and Zoning Commission, 2026-06-22
  • Alvin adopted a nonbinding opposition resolution: On June 4, 2026, Alvin City Council approved Resolution 26-R-25 opposing construction and development of data centers within city limits until additional information, impact analysis, and regulatory considerations are evaluated; the city stated the resolution is a policy statement and not a permanent prohibition or regulatory ban. City of Alvin, 2026-06-04
  • Taylor’s Blueprint project illustrates the limits of post-zoning local control: Taylor’s official project page describes a proposed 135,000-square-foot, three-phase Blueprint Projects data center with total investment of $1B, three buildings, a substation, backup generators, and closed-loop cooling; Chron reported on June 9, 2026 that the site had been sold by the Taylor EDC for $10M, that residents appealed after a 2025 lawsuit was dismissed, and that Taylor said the property was already industrially zoned and legally entitled if standards are met. City of Taylor, accessed 2026-06-10; Chron, 2026-06-09
  • Taylor rejected a ballot petition but published draft standards: On July 9, the city rejected a petition seeking a public vote on the Blueprint project because Texas law does not permit zoning decisions by initiative or referendum. On July 16, the city published draft rules proposing an Employment Center Plan, a signed management agreement, water and drought limits, grid-curtailment provisions, annual water/energy/emissions reporting, decommissioning security, 500-foot residential setbacks, and acoustic controls; these standards were not adopted by July 17. City of Taylor, 2026-07-09; City of Taylor, 2026-07-16

C. Environmental constraints

  • Water-use review is now central to Texas policy debate: Caldwell County’s May 2026 resolution urged state agencies to require public reporting of anticipated electricity demand, water use, and infrastructure impacts before data-center approvals, and to require independent assessments of ERCOT reliability, water availability, drought planning, agricultural land, stormwater, and taxpayer infrastructure costs. Caldwell County, 2026-05-15; Caldwell County Resolution 29-2026, 2026-05-14
  • Fort Worth quantified cooling-water differences in its 2026 local review: The city estimated that, normalized to a 100-acre site, closed-loop cooling uses about 300,000-1 million gallons per month, while evaporative cooling uses about 4-6 million gallons per month. City of Fort Worth, 2026-06-02
  • Company water commitments became part of project positioning: Google announced June 3, 2026 commitments to replenish more water than it consumes at its sites by 2030, report annual water use, evaluate air cooling or recycled water where source water is high risk, and support new stewardship projects including a Texas Water Impact Fund for community water sources, infrastructure, and access. Google, 2026-06-03
  • New project designs emphasized low-water cooling: Google and Intersect’s June 2026 Meitner announcement in Gray and Roberts Counties described an air-cooled data center co-located with dedicated clean power, while Aligned’s April 2026 Caprock announcement in Hale County described closed-loop liquid/air cooling designed to avoid competing with local agricultural or residential water needs. Google, 2026-06-04; Aligned Data Centers, 2026-04-09
  • June-July projects made additional low-water claims: Microsoft said its Pecos campus would use closed-loop cooling, an initial one-time water charge, and nonpotable water where feasible; QTS/Lancium said its Hall County campus would use closed-loop cooling with no operational cooling-water demand and no city municipal water; Crusoe/Lancium described the Childress campus as closed-loop and non-evaporative. These are developer commitments, not statewide requirements. Microsoft, 2026-06-22; Lancium, 2026-07-13; Crusoe/Lancium, 2026-07-15
  • York Creek water opposition delayed a utility decision: On June 3, the Crystal Clear Special Utility District board delayed Palomino Alpha’s request for up to 500,000 gallons per day for a proposed 940-acre Guadalupe County campus after more than two dozen opponents raised water, livestock, heat, noise, and discharge concerns. San Antonio Express-News, 2026-06-04
  • Surface water use: New or changed surface-water appropriations generally require TCEQ water-rights authorization. TCEQ, accessed 2026-06-10
  • Air permitting for backup/on-site generation: Emergency/standby engines and other generator configurations must fit TCEQ permit-by-rule requirements or obtain other air authorizations. TCEQ, accessed 2026-06-10

D. Noise/operational constraints

  • City noise ordinances and new data-center-specific noise rules are becoming a local-control tool: Fort Worth’s proposed June 2026 package would remove some industrial-district exemptions near homes, require a 72-hour pre-development ambient noise study within 250 feet of residential uses, cap operations at no more than 5 dBA above pre-development ambient noise, and restrict standby-generator testing to weekdays during daytime hours. City of Fort Worth, 2026-06-02

E. Community opposition patterns

  • Local opposition expanded from project votes to county-level governance: The Texas Tribune’s June 2026 mapping and reporting identified at least 248 planned data centers in Texas and noted community concerns over electric bills, reliability, water, noise, and on-site fossil generation. Texas Tribune, 2026-06-08
  • Rural counties sought more authority: NBC DFW reported in May 2026 that Somervell County commissioners voted to send state leaders a resolution and letter asking for a pause on new data-center applications and more county zoning authority. NBC DFW, 2026-05-11
  • Hays County adopted a water-protection review period: On June 23, commissioners unanimously established an emergency review period through Dec. 31, 2026 for discretionary county approvals affecting significant-water-use industrial projects, including a pause on new Chapter 381 incentive agreements and creation of an advisory review board and checklist. It is not a county zoning ban. Hays County Commissioners Court, 2026-06-23
  • Brazoria County adopted its safeguards resolution: Commissioners adopted and signed the June 9 resolution opposing future data-center development without adequate safeguards and calling for independent impact assessment and public reporting of electricity, water, and environmental effects. Brazoria County Commissioners Court, 2026-06-09

3) Local governance and preemption

4) Legislative / regulatory activity (2024-2026)

  • JOBS Act / JETI implemented effective 2024-01-01: Gov’t Code Subchapter T replaced Chapter 313 with a new limitation-on-taxable-value program; it remains available where data-center projects fit an eligible category and meet agreement requirements. Texas Government Code ch. 403, accessed 2026-06-10
  • SB 6 remains the central state energy/data-center law: Enacted in 2025, SB 6 added large-load cost-contribution, interconnection, forecast, backup-generation disclosure, curtailment, and co-location/net-metering provisions for large loads in ERCOT. Texas Legislature, 2025-06-20
  • Senate interim charges expanded the SB 6 implementation agenda: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee was directed to monitor SB 6 rulemaking for large-load interconnection, transmission-cost allocation, and ERCOT load-forecast confidence, and separately to study whether current statutory, regulatory, and infrastructure frameworks are adequate for rapidly increasing large-load demand such as data centers. Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 2026-03-27
  • PUCT adopted the large-load forecasting rule: New 16 TAC §25.370 became effective March 1, 2026 and establishes ERCOT large-load forecasting criteria for transmission planning and resource-adequacy assessments. Texas Register, 2026-02-20
  • PUCT adopted the large-load co-location/net-metering rule: New 16 TAC §25.205 became effective April 15, 2026 and requires Commission approval before certain net-metering arrangements between a new large load customer and an existing ERCOT generation resource can be implemented. Texas Register, 2026-04-10
  • Governor directed additional ratepayer protections: On June 10, Gov. Abbott directed PUCT and ERCOT to ensure data centers fully fund the electric infrastructure needed to serve them, consider additional ratepayer-protection actions, submit a joint memorandum by July 17, and begin a PUCT proceeding by July 31 to reduce residential transmission costs. The directive is an executive instruction; it did not itself establish a tariff or repeal an incentive. Office of the Governor of Texas, 2026-06-10; Governor Abbott directive letter, 2026-06-10
  • PUCT proposed, but had not finally adopted by July 17, 2026, large-load interconnection standards: Proposed 16 TAC §25.194 would apply to new or expanded ERCOT interconnections at or above 75 MW and require intermediate agreements, disclosures, site control, financial security, interconnection fees, contribution in aid of construction, and withdrawal consequences; no final adopted-rule record was identified in the public Project 58481 docket by the cutoff date. Texas Register, 2026-03-27; PUCT Interchange Project 58481, accessed 2026-07-17
  • PUCT advanced a transmission-cost and large-load tariff proposal: Following the Project 58484 evaluation, PUCT on July 9 approved publication in Project 58000 of proposed amendments to §§25.192 and 25.193 and new §25.252. The proposal would replace 4CP with monthly 12CP transmission allocation, require minimum billing demand for large loads based on the greatest of contracted peak, prior-year noncoincident peak, or 12CP demand, and add large-load tariff terms. Comments are due Aug. 11; the proposal was not finally adopted by July 17. PUCT Project 58000 proposal for publication, 2026-07-09
  • PUCT ordered a Batch Zero-based load-forecast adjustment: On June 18, the Commission approved ERCOT’s request to replace the preliminary planning forecast with an adjustment based on Batch Zero base load once those MW values are known; the preliminary 367,790 MW 2032 figure therefore should not be treated as the final planning forecast. PUCT Project 59772 order, 2026-06-18
  • PUCT approved ERCOT’s Batch Zero process: On June 18, PUCT approved ERCOT’s transitional process for qualified large loads of at least 75 MW. ERCOT reported more than 438 GW of tracked large-load requests, nearly 89% data centers; classification is scheduled for August 2026, with a final transmission plan expected in fall 2027 and Batch One beginning in summer 2027. ERCOT, 2026-06-18

5) Notable data center projects and operators

A. Major projects announced / under construction

  • Crusoe / Oracle / Microsoft, Abilene: Crusoe announced a new 900 MW AI factory campus in Abilene for Microsoft on March 27, 2026, adjacent to its existing 1.2 GW Abilene infrastructure, bringing projected Abilene capacity to about 2.1 GW; the new campus includes two buildings and on-site power generation, with land clearing/site preparation underway and first building energization expected in mid-2027. Crusoe, 2026-03-27
  • Crusoe status update: Crusoe stated on June 9, 2026 that at its 1.2 GW Abilene campus for Oracle the first two buildings were operational, six more were under construction, and it had recently broken ground on the second 900 MW Abilene campus for Microsoft. Crusoe, 2026-06-09
  • Google, Wilbarger County: Google announced a new data center under construction in Wilbarger County, using advanced air-cooling technology to limit water consumption to critical campus operations and built alongside new clean power developed by AES; Google also stated it had contracted more than 7,800 MW of net-new energy generation and capacity for the Texas grid. Google, 2026-02-24
  • Google / Intersect, Gray and Roberts Counties: Google and Intersect announced the Meitner Energy Center on June 4, 2026, describing a new air-cooled data center co-located with dedicated clean power in Gray and Roberts Counties; the accompanying release said the project includes more than 1 GW of wind, solar, and battery storage and noted Google’s Haskell County data center had recently begun construction while the co-located Quantum Clean Energy Project was beginning operations in June 2026. Google, 2026-06-04; Google/Intersect press release, 2026-06-04
  • Aligned, Hale County / Abernathy: Aligned Data Centers broke ground on Project Caprock, a 540 MW, 313-acre campus near Abernathy with six facilities totaling 1.65M square feet, an anticipated LBB-01 service date in Q1 2027, and an expected $5B regional economic impact. Aligned Data Centers, 2026-04-09
  • DataBank, Red Oak / South Dallas: DataBank announced $2.0B in construction financing for the first three data centers on its new Red Oak campus; the initial leased facilities, DFW9-DFW11, total 600,000 square feet and 180 MW of power within an eight-building campus. DataBank, 2026-04-21
  • Soluna, Willacy County: Soluna reported ERCOT approval for initial energization and phased commissioning of Project Kati 1 on Feb. 9, 2026; the wind-powered campus totals 83 MW across Kati 1A and Kati 1B, with phased completion targets in 2026. Soluna Holdings SEC exhibit, 2026-02-10
  • Fermi America / Texas Tech, Panhandle: Texas Tech’s 2025 partnership announcement described a 5,800-acre campus with up to 18M square feet of data centers and 11 GW of IT capacity from natural gas, solar, wind, and nuclear energy, but Houston Chronicle reported in April 2026 that Fermi had lost its CEO and CFO, had not secured major tenants, and faced litigation and schedule risk, so the project should be treated as a high-uncertainty pipeline item rather than a straightforward under-construction buildout. Texas Tech University System, 2025-06-26; Houston Chronicle, 2026-04-20
  • Tract, Caldwell County: Tract expanded Caldwell Valley Technology Park from 1,515 acres to nearly 3,000 acres through two acquisitions announced Jan. 13, 2026; the company said the campus can support more than 4 GW of data-center capacity, with planning for an on-site substation scalable to 1.6 GW and the first 250 MW contracted for Q1 2028. Tract, 2026-01-13
  • Rowan Digital Infrastructure: Rowan’s Texas pipeline includes 300 MW Project Temple in Central Texas and the Cinco campus near San Antonio. Rowan, 2025-08-13; Rowan, 2025-08-26
  • CyrusOne + Calpine, Bosque County: CyrusOne and Calpine announced a 190 MW hyperscale data center adjacent to the Thad Hill Energy Center, with operations expected in Q4 2026. CyrusOne, 2024-10-02
  • Fort Worth / Black Mountain: A Fort Worth project advanced through the Zoning Commission in April 2026 with more than 450 rezoned acres and a proposed 980 MW substation dedicated to the data center. KERA, 2026-04-15
  • Microsoft, Pecos / Reeves County: Microsoft announced a roughly 2 GW, multibillion-dollar campus to be built over five to seven years, with more than 6,000 peak construction workers and hundreds of permanent jobs. The initial phase is planned around company-funded, co-located behind-the-meter gas generation before later grid interconnection. Microsoft, 2026-06-22
  • QTS / Lancium, Hall County: QTS and Lancium announced a campus with more than $10B in planned capital investment, up to 7,000 peak construction jobs, and about 350 permanent jobs; the companies said they would fund 100% of dedicated energy infrastructure. Lancium, 2026-07-13
  • Crusoe / Lancium, Childress County: The companies announced a 1.0 GW, 270-acre grid-connected AI campus, with construction planned to start in Q3 2026, thousands of construction jobs, more than 100 permanent jobs, and behind-the-meter solar and storage. Crusoe/Lancium, 2026-07-15
  • Hut 8, Beacon Point / Nueces County: Hut 8’s 1 GW, 525-acre campus moved from pipeline to a contracted first phase on May 6: the first phase is 352 MW of IT capacity under a 15-year lease with $9.8B of base-term contract value. Hut 8 separately estimates approximately $17B of investment for the first two phases, 1,900 construction jobs, and 230 operating jobs. Hut 8, 2026-05-06; Hut 8, accessed 2026-07-17
  • CleanArc / Crow Holdings, Dallas: CleanArc was selected to develop and lease a 245 MW, 40-acre central Dallas campus, with the first 70 MW building targeted for late 2027. CleanArc Data Centers, 2026-02-09
  • Dataprana, Houston metro: Dataprana announced acquisitions for two planned AI sites totaling 92 MW (45 MW and 47 MW), with full power availability targeted for mid-to-late 2027. Dataprana, 2026-06-23
  • Core Scientific, Pecos: Core Scientific announced a strategy to expand its existing 300 MW gross-power Pecos campus to approximately 1.5 GW gross / 1.0 GW leasable, with the first AI data hall under construction and initial new capacity still targeted for early 2027. Core Scientific SEC exhibit, 2026-04-27
  • Coravel / ACS-GIP, Dallas-Fort Worth: The new platform signed a long-term hyperscale lease covering about 140 MW of critical IT load across three facilities, plus expansion rights for about 100 MW across two more, with phased service through 2028. ACS Group, 2026-07-15
  • Two smaller proposals were denied locally: Killeen’s Planning and Zoning Commission denied a permit for a proposed $30M ONMINE campus on April 27, and Tyler’s commission voted 5-2 on July 6 to deny a proposed 12 MW Bitcoin-mining data center. KWTX, 2026-04-28; Data Center Dynamics, 2026-07-08

B. Key operators present (examples)

Notes on methodology

  • Sources prioritize primary statutes, agency rules, official program pages, local-government materials, ERCOT/PUCT documents, and company releases; local news is used where it is the best available source for community opposition, lawsuits, and project-specific local decisions.