West Texas

May 22, 2026

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Dallas Wins #1 Globally as Corpus Christi Shows the Real Constraint

Dallas just claimed the No. 1 global data center market ranking in Cushman & Wakefield's 2026 report, with West Texas hosting 2.9 GW under construction, more than all of EMEA combined.

April 25, 2026

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PUCT Just Drew the Line on Which Grid Bypasses Count

Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch in West Texas is building 7.65 GW of gas with 1.8 GW of storage.

April 23, 2026

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Capital Front-Runs the Forecast: $2B Lands Before ERCOT Hits 367 GW

A potential Microsoft-Chevron project in West Texas carries an 11.5 million-ton permit by itself.

April 9, 2026

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Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

Microsoft, Chevron, and Engine No. 1 are in exclusive talks over a $7 billion, 2,500 MW gas plant in West Texas.

March 27, 2026

In water-scarce regions like West Texas and Southern Nevada, that swap may be worth it, but developers must model both sides.

March 21, 2026

The company's ExoRise unit is already selling "powered land" in West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada, compressing deployment timelines by bundling energy and site development.

March 13, 2026

West Texas transmission capacity has direct datacenter implications.

March 3, 2026

The GW Ranch project in West Texas takes this to its logical extreme: an 8,000-acre facility generating its own electricity from on-site gas and solar, consuming more power than all of Chicago while avoiding ERCOT interconnection queues altogether.

February 21, 2026

The GW Ranch project in West Texas will generate its own power via natural gas and solar across 8,000 acres, consuming more electricity than Chicago.

February 12, 2026

Operators relying on behind-the-meter wells or private water contracts face new disclosure obligations that could complicate site selection in drought-prone West Texas, the Permian Basin, and Central Texas.