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Pecos, TX

Pecos, Texas is a city in West Texas that has become increasingly relevant to datacenter development due to its proximity to available land, lower costs compared to urban areas, and potential access to power infrastructure in the region.

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May 15, 2026

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Behind-the-Meter Gas Is the New Default. Chevron Just Set the Texas Template.

Chevron's Energy Forge One subsidiary applied for a $227 million JETI tax break on a 2,500 MW gas plant near Pecos to serve a proposed Microsoft AI campus, bypassing ERCOT's 300+ GW interconnection queue entirely.

May 8, 2026

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

Core Scientific is layering 3 GW across Pecos, Texas and Muskogee, Oklahoma through a hybrid of acquired contracts (440 MW via Polaris/OG&E), new construction, and behind-the-meter generation.

April 29, 2026

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2,600 GW Stuck in Queue. The Winners Build Their Own Power.

Core Scientific is converting its Pecos campus into a 1.5 GW AI complex with roughly 1 GW for lease, financed by $3.3 billion in senior secured notes on top of a $1 billion Morgan Stanley facility.

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