6 data center projects in Unincorporated Hood County
Who decides here: the Hood 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 Hood County
Sailfish 'Comanche Circle' data center campus (near Tolar)
Unincorporated Hood County, Hood County
2,100 acres
🕒 June 9, 2026: Commissioners Court approved the concept plan without conditions, 3-1.
Stopped or cancelled'Fort Spunky' data center (Pacifico Energy, Hood County)
Unincorporated Hood County, Hood County
862 acres
🕒 2026: Pacifico Energy sued Hood County, saying it lacked power to deny the project over water.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Status unclear'Project Red' and 'Project Yellow' data centers (Hood County)
Unincorporated Hood County, Hood County
677 acres
🕒 July 21, 2026: District Judge Bryan Bufkin dismissed the developers' lawsuit with prejudice.
Approved, not built yetBilateral Energy 'Project Patriot' power plant and data center campus (Knox Ranch, Granbury)
Granbury, Hood County
2,000 acres
🕒 July 13, 2026: Residents filed petitions to recall the mayor and most council members.
Status unclearAmazon 'Project Spectrum' data center campus (Coates Road, near Comanche Peak)
Unincorporated Hood County, Hood County
1,265 acres · for Amazon Web Services
🕒 May 26, 2026: Hood County Commissioners Court accepted the conditional plan, 3-0 (two commissioners ab…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Built & runningMARA (Marathon) bitcoin mining data center (Granbury area)
Unincorporated Hood County, Hood County
for Marathon (bitcoin mining)
🕒 2023: Marathon Digital bought the Granbury site from Generate Capital for $178.6 million.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
Two developers, National CRE Holdings LLC and Greenland Capital LLC, sued Hood County, saying their data center campuses (Project Red and Project Yellow) should be approved automatically because the county missed a 30-day deadline. A district judge threw out the case for good, ruling the projects were not 'development plans' under state law. The companies said they would appeal.
✅ Approved
Hood County commissioners voted 3-1 to approve, without conditions, the concept plan for the Comanche Circle data center, a 2,100-acre campus planned by Sailfish near Tolar. The county had given it conditional approval in January 2026. The developer had threatened to sue. Next comes a site plan review covering drainage, water, wastewater and environmental studies.
✋ Turned down
Hood County commissioners voted 3-2 to reject the concept plan for Fort Spunky, a data center and power plant project by Pacifico Energy. The plan lacked key details, such as where its water would come from. Earlier, the Acton Municipal Utility District board voted to deny water service to the project.
📜 Data center rules
Hood County commissioners passed stricter development permit rules for large industrial projects such as AI data centers, crypto mines and power plants. Texas counties cannot zone land, so these rules work through the county's development permit process.
✋ Turned down
Hood County commissioners voted 3-2 against a six-month pause on new large industrial projects, including data centers. During the meeting, a state senator's letter to the Attorney General argued that Texas counties do not have the power to pass such pauses. At least four data centers were proposed in the county. A second try at a pause also failed.
✅ Approved
Hood County commissioners gave conditional approval to the concept plan for the Comanche Circle data center, a 2,100-acre campus that could use up to 3 gigawatts of power.
📌 Other
Hood County commissioners voted 3-1 for a letter of support for 'Project Patriot', which was later revealed to be a data center. The site was later annexed into the City of Granbury.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Hood 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 Hood County: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or United Electric Co-op Service Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Tri-county Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Texas-new Mexico Power 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 it really use? The water district was told 150,000 gallons a day, but the developer later said under 50,000 for three sites.
- Who will run the data center?
- What air permit will the on-site gas plant need?
- What happened in Pacifico's lawsuit against Hood County?
- Has the developer found another water source?
- Will the appeal succeed?
- Which power plants are the sites next to, and how much power would they use?
- Who will run the data centers?
- Who is the data center tenant?
- How much water will the campus use, and from where?
- How did the lawsuit over the annexation turn out?
- Will a recall election be held?
- Is Project Spectrum still moving forward, or was it withdrawn?
- How much water will it use?
- Will it get power directly from the Comanche Peak nuclear plant?
- How many megawatts does the site use now?
- Are there plans to turn it into an AI data center?