2 data center projects in Unincorporated Haskell County
Who decides here: the Haskell 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 Haskell County
Google data center campuses (Haskell County)
Unincorporated Haskell County, Haskell County
for Google
π Nov 14, 2025: Google announced $40 billion for Texas, including two data centers in Haskell County.
Approved, not built yetCrusoe data center project (Haskell County)
Unincorporated Haskell County, Haskell County
2,042 acres
π June 23, 2026: County and Haskell DC Owner LLC signed the tax break agreement.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Haskell County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
π Get told first
β‘ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Haskell County: AEP Texas North Company (company) or Tri-county Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Big Country Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
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.
π Open tasks here
- Is the south ('Thelma') campus in Haskell County, or in Lueders / Jones County as one state filing says?
- Exactly where are the two sites, and are any inside a town?
- How much water will they use?
- Did Haskell County give Google a tax break?
- How many megawatts will each campus use?
- Who will use this data center?
- How much power and water will it use?
- Where exactly in Haskell County is the land?
- When will building start?