2 data center projects in Unincorporated Ector County
Who decides here: the Ector 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 Ector County
Texas Critical Data Centers AI campus (near Penwell)
Unincorporated Ector County, Ector County
438 acres
🕒 2026: Stream Data Centers joined the project. Plans grew to more than 1 gigawatt on about 438 …
ProposedSangha Renewables Project Genesis data center (solar-powered)
Unincorporated Ector County, Ector County
for unknown (AI, cloud and computing work planned)
🕒 Sept 2026: ERCOT, the state grid operator, gave the 110-megawatt campus a conditional 'base load' O…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Ector 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
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Ector County: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or 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
- Has TCEQ received an air permit request for the planned gas plant?
- How much water will the campus use, and from where?
- Did Ector County give a tax break?
- Has main construction started?
- Where exactly is the site?
- Is any part of it running now, and for what (AI or bitcoin mining)?
- How much water will it use?