2 data center projects in Unincorporated Nolan County
Who decides here: the Nolan 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 Nolan County
IREN Sweetwater 1 data center campus
Unincorporated Nolan County, Nolan County
for IREN AI cloud (customers not named for this site)
🕒 May 2026: IREN connected the 1.4-gigawatt Sweetwater 1 substation to the ERCOT grid.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetCrusoe $7 billion data center (Nolan County, near Sweetwater)
Unincorporated Nolan County, Nolan County
🕒 April 13, 2026: Nolan County commissioners approved a 10-year tax break for the $7 billion Crusoe data c…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
Nolan County commissioners approved a 10-year property tax break for a $7 billion, 200-megawatt Crusoe data center near Sweetwater. The deal includes more than $3 million a year in payments instead of taxes, more than $2 million a year in donations to the county, and limits on water use with well meters to protect the aquifer. The site will make its own power.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Nolan 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 Nolan County: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (company) or Concho Valley Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or AEP Texas North Company (company) or Taylor 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Is Sweetwater 1 in Nolan County or Fisher County?
- How much water will it use?
- Who will use the computing power here?
- Were tax breaks given?
- Where exactly is the site?
- What fuel will its power plant use, and has it applied for an air permit?
- How much water will it pump each day?
- Who will use the data center?