2 data center projects in Unincorporated Hill County
Who decides here: the Hill 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 Hill County
Nexus Apex DFW campus (near Hubbard)
Unincorporated Hill County, Hill County
2,000 acres
🕒 June 2026: Company filed state building plans and an air permit request for its gas plant.
Status unclearProject Aquila (RCM Hill, unincorporated Hill County)
Unincorporated Hill County, Hill County
800 acres
🕒 May 28, 2026: RCM Hill sued Hill County in federal court in Waco, calling the pause illegal.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
Data center developer RCM Hill LLC sued Hill County and three county officials in federal court, asking for $100 million and saying the county's data center pause broke state law. The company is planning 'Project Aquila,' a 1,235-megawatt data center on more than 800 acres. After the county canceled the pause, the company dropped the case on July 9, 2026.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Hill County commissioners voted 3-2 for a pause of up to one year on new data centers, large batteries and power plants in unincorporated areas. After a data center developer sued, commissioners voted unanimously on June 4, 2026 to cancel the pause.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Hill 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 Hill County: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or Texas-new Mexico Power Co. (company) or Navasota Valley Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Navarro County Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Hilco Electric Cooperative, 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much water will it use each day in total?
- Who is the tenant?
- Has the state air permit for the gas plant been approved?
- How loud will the gas turbines and diesel generators be for neighbors?
- Where exactly is the site?
- What will the federal court decide?
- Who is the end user?
- How much water and power will it use?