Proposed
Crusoe AI campus at the Port of Victoria (Blue Energy power)
Crusoe plans a huge AI data center campus on about 1,600 acres at the Port of Victoria. A company called Blue Energy would power it with gas first and later with nuclear reactors. Tax breaks for the power plant were requested in June 2026.
Where things stand: Announced Oct. 2025. Power partner applied for local tax breaks in June 2026.
🕒 Latest update (June 23, 2026): Blue Energy applied for local property tax breaks for the power plant.
What we know
- 📍 WherePort of Victoria, near Bloomington, Unincorporated Victoria County, Victoria County
- 🏢 CompanyCrusoe
- 🌳 Size1,600 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs1,500 megawatts (about as much as 1,200,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromBlue Energy plans a gas power plant first (as early as 2028), then wants to switch to nuclear power (1,500 MW) by about 2031-2032.
- 💸 Tax breaksBlue Energy applied on June 23, 2026 for local property tax breaks, including from Bloomington school district.
❓ Still unanswered
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- One report places the port campus in Calhoun County; which county is the site in? 🙋 I'll find out
- Where exactly will the gas and nuclear power plant be built? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water will the data center and power plant use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will Victoria County approve tax breaks? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Oct 2025Crusoe and Blue Energy announced an up to 1.5-gigawatt campus at the Port of Victoria.
- June 23, 2026Blue Energy applied for local property tax breaks for the power plant.
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We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Crusoe taps Blue Energy to supply nuclear power for up to 1.5GW data center in Port of Victoria, Texas · DatacenterDynamics · Oct 2025
- Tax breaks sought for gas power plant for data center in south central Texas · Oil & Gas Watch · 2026
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