Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) campus, Ector County (Odessa)

Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) Phase 1 — planned AI data-centre phase of about 200 MW (20-year Vistra PPA)

Announced last observed as of 2026-09-21 · Project announcement

Release datelined Midland, Texas, 14 August 2026: construction permits for Texas Critical Data Centers LLC ('TCDC') are 'now in hand'. Listed highlights: received Development Structure and Drive Approach Permits from Ector County; submitted the Phase 1 plat to Ector County and the City of Odessa; received approval of a Notice of Intent with the TCEQ to commence grading and 'intend to begin site grading in the coming weeks'; closed the 54-acre corridor acquisition, so the campus 'now stands at 493 acres'; removed 22 abandoned pipelines across 12 rights-of-way; a final surface waiver is pending from one leasehold operator. A Thunderhead Energy Solutions subsidiary (Phase 2 power partner) filed a TCEQ standard air permit application that would support about 550 MW of Phase 2 capacity (about 757 MW gross for Phases 1 and 2 together); end-tenant negotiations and joint-venture discussions with Stream Data Centers are ongoing. evidence

New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. · published 2026-08-14

New Era's location page for Texas Critical Data Centers ('Permian Basin Flagship', nearest hub Midland, TX) gives a 493-acre site designed for phased development to 1.4+ GW, 'located adjacent to existing generation sources', with Phase 1 (200 MW), Phase 2 (+450 MW) and Phase 3 (+750 MW) and a full-campus target of 1.4+ GW; primary power firm natural gas, backup diesel and battery. evidence

New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. · publication date not stated

One tile of this fragment's Ector County owner sweep (identify without geometry, 420 results): it independently lists the same three parcels owned by TEXAS CRITICAL DATA CENTERS LLC (47010.00020.00000, 46960.00010.00000, 42030.00040.00000). A sweep of 0.05-degree tiles (each tile that reached the 2,000-result limit subdivided into sixteen 0.0125-degree tiles, none of which reached it) across Ector County from -102.85 to -102.15 and 31.60 to 32.15 found no other parcel owned by Texas Critical Data Centers, New Era or Sharon AI entities (a 0.141-acre Midland residential lot owned by 'New Era Land Services LLC' is unrelated). evidence

Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO) · publication date not stated

The TABS search for Ector County (LocationCounty 2068) registrations dated 1 August to 26 October 2026 returns 19 projects (retail, clinics, offices, road and school work); none is a data-centre building and none names Texas Critical Data Centers, TCDC or New Era. evidence

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · publication date not stated

The 2026 press-release list (25 items, newest first) runs from 16 January to 21 September 2026; the newest item is the 21 September Vistra PPA release, and no later release reports site grading, construction start, a tenant, completion or operation at TCDC. Earlier items include the 16 January closing of New Era's acquisition of the remaining 50% of TCDC from Sharon AI and the 1 April partnership with Stream Data Centers. evidence

New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. · publication date not stated

Companies

• Owner: Texas Critical Data Centers LLC (current) evidence
• Owner: New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (current) evidence