2 data center projects in Unincorporated Carson County
Who decides here: the Carson County Commissioners Court decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits. Texas counties have very few zoning powers, so land outside cities often has few local rules.
In Unincorporated Carson County
Fermi America Project Matador (HyperGrid) energy and data center campus
Unincorporated Carson County, Carson County
5,800 acres · for TensorWave (first tenant, 222 MW); others not announced
🕒 Aug 10, 2026: Fermi signed a 15-year lease with TensorWave for 222 megawatts, starting in the second h…
ProposedInfraTech Capital $2.7 billion data center campus (Carson County, near Amarillo)
Unincorporated Carson County, Carson County
5,000 acres · for An unnamed large tech company ('hyperscaler')
🕒 Aug 21, 2026: InfraTech Capital announced plans for a $2.7 billion data center campus on more than 5,0…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
The Panhandle school board voted unanimously for a deal with Fermi that protects the school district from money lost to a foreign trade zone tax break, and for a letter supporting a special trade zone in Carson County for the Fermi data center campus.
🤝 Agreement with the company
Carson County commissioners approved a tax break deal with Fermi America for its data center and power plant campus near Pantex. The county gets paid $3 per square foot of data center space and $2,500 to $2,750 per megawatt of power made. The deal covers up to 15 building phases over as long as 25 years, with a 10-year break for each phase, and yearly training for local first responders.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Carson County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Southwestern Public Service Co. (company).
In much of Texas you can pick who sells you power, but this company owns the power lines.
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Texas.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much water will the campus use each day once data centers run?
- Has Carson County or any other local body given a tax break?
- How much air pollution will the gas plants release, and where can residents see the air permits?
- When will the first data center building actually open?
- How many gallons a day did Amarillo agree to sell Fermi, and when did the council vote?
- Where exactly is the site?
- How much power and water will it need, and from where?
- Who is the tenant?