El Paso Electric

May 20, 2026

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Water Plan Skips the 400 GW Queue. Smart Developers Won't.

Meanwhile, El Paso Electric filed a "High Load Factor Large Power" tariff at the PUCT to keep residential and small-business customers from subsidizing 1-2 GW of incoming hyperscaler load.

May 8, 2026

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IREN Stacks Power, GPUs, and Cloud Ops Before the Queue Fills

At Fort Bliss, Carlyle's proposed 3 GW campus hasn't yet decided between El Paso Electric capacity and behind-the-meter generation.

May 5, 2026

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Seven Hyperscalers Sign On: Self-Funded Power Is the New Permit Price

Meta is paying El Paso Electric $500 million to build a 366 MW gas plant adjacent to its Northeast El Paso campus.

May 2, 2026

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Federal AI Build Picks Gas in Months While Ohio's 9.2 GW Stalls

The Army's proposed 3-gigawatt Fort Bliss data center, with Carlyle Group as builder-operator, would draw more electricity than El Paso Electric's entire 460,000-customer base.

May 1, 2026

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Fort Bliss Becomes the Borderland's Third Gigawatt Build in 18 Months

The Army hasn't formally requested service from El Paso Electric, hasn't decided whether to grid-connect at all, and El Paso Water has only "preliminary information" on sourcing.

April 21, 2026

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Fermi's Anchor Tenant Walked in December. Everything Else Followed.

CBRE's Chris Herrmann says gas pipeline proximity flipped from dealbreaker to prerequisite in Dallas site selection, and Meta's $10B El Paso campus is funding a $473 million, 366 MW El Paso Electric gas plant at McCloud to self-supply.

April 4, 2026

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Developers Who Own Their Power Are Writing the New Site Selection Rules

In Texas, El Paso Electric abandoned solar plans and is building a natural gas plant within one year to serve Meta's $10 billion campus, compressing what normally takes years.

March 30, 2026

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Texas Writes the Rules While Google Writes the Check

El Paso Electric's PUC filings reveal a $473 million gas-fired power plant whose costs will eventually shift to all ratepayers after a one-to-five-year bridge period where Meta covers delivery costs.

March 27, 2026

El Paso Electric will construct a $500 million, 366-megawatt natural gas plant next door, paid entirely by Meta, to serve initial load.