Data Center Atlas
Old Ocean Data Center (Nightpeak Energy)
Proposed
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Nightpeak Energy proposes a hyperscale data center campus with co-located gas turbine generation on a 158-acre site outside Sweeny in Brazoria County, Texas, about 65 miles southwest of Houston. County meeting documents, as reported by Bisnow, describe two 310 MW data centers at USD 1.5 billion each and two 310 MW combustion turbine plants at USD 250 million each, while Public Citizen describes one data center and one gas plant. On 10 March 2026 the commissioners court unanimously rejected a reinvestment zone and four ten-year, 100% tax abatements; the county judge expected the project to proceed anyway. Nightpeak's website, as quoted by Bisnow, said the campus could energize from 2027.
Source record as of 2026-03-11 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Old Ocean Data Center (Nightpeak Energy)
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Old Ocean (near Sweeny), Brazoria County, Texas, US. Bisnow, citing county meeting documents, places the 158-acre site outside Sweeny, and the campus is named after Old Ocean, an unincorporated community about 5 miles northwest of Sweeny. The point is Old Ocean's coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the parcel. Public Citizen; Bisnow; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 310 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Each planned hyperscale data center | 2026-03-11 | Bisnow, citing county meeting documents, describes two 310 MW data centers; Public Citizen describes a single 310 MW data center. No campus total is recorded. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
| Power capacity | 310 MW | Planned · Phase · Onsite generation · Each planned combustion turbine plant (Bulldog Power) | 2026-03-11 | Bisnow, citing county meeting documents, reports two 310 MW turbine plants; Public Citizen describes one 310 MW gas plant built to power the data center. No campus total is recorded. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
| Investment | 3,500,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2026-03-11 | Bisnow's own headline total for the data centers and power plants together; it is not attributed to a document and matches the per-facility figures Bisnow attributes to county meeting documents. Public Citizen describes only one data center and one plant, so this total is uncertain. | Bisnow |
| Investment | 1,500,000,000 USD | Reported · Phase · Each planned hyperscale data center | 2026-03-11 | From county meeting documents as reported by Bisnow; each turbine plant was put at USD 250 million. | Bisnow |
| Land area | 158 acres | Reported · Campus | 2026-03-11 | From county meeting documents as reported by Bisnow. | Bisnow |
| Jobs permanent | about 30 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-03-11 | Reported by Bisnow alongside figures it attributes to meeting documents; several hundred construction jobs were also expected. | Bisnow |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightpeak Energy | Developer | Developer of the data center campus; Public Citizen spells the name Night Peak Energy. Bisnow cites Nightpeak's website for the timelines of both the campus and the co-located Bulldog Power turbine plant but does not state who develops the plant. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
| Brazoria County Commissioners Court | Government | Rejected the reinvestment zone and tax abatements in March 2026. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | Other | Actual | Brazoria County commissioners unanimously rejected a reinvestment zone for the site and power plant and denied four ten-year, 100% tax abatements, amid concerns about noise, water and power use and the small number of permanent jobs. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
| 2027 | Other | Planned | Nightpeak's website, as quoted by Bisnow, said the campus could energize beginning in 2027. | Bisnow |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | Co-located Bulldog Power combustion turbine plant, which Bisnow, citing Nightpeak's website, says has been in development since 2023 and targets operation in 2028 or earlier; sources differ on whether one or two 310 MW plants are planned. | Public Citizen; Bisnow |
Public Citizen, an advocacy group that opposed the incentives, put the requested tax break at USD 10.5 million. The county judge said he expected the project to proceed regardless of the vote; Bisnow attributes the point that the county has little power to stop it to reporting by The Facts. Nightpeak's own website could not be opened, so its claims are recorded only as relayed by Bisnow. No later 2026 status update was found in an openable source. A smaller data center that recently opened in the nearby city of Brazoria, mentioned at the same meeting, is a different build.
Sources for these details
- Public Citizen Applauds Brazoria County for Rejecting Tax Break for Massive Data Center — Public Citizen; 2026-03-10
- Houston-Area County Rejects Tax Break For $3.5B Data Center Project — Bisnow; 2026-03-11
- Old Ocean, Texas — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- Public Citizen Applauds Brazoria County for Rejecting Tax Break for Massive Data Center evidence row
Public Citizen · published 2026-03-10 · Other - Locator
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- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 230 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 29.07970, -95.74940
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- Use scope
- Locality reference only
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- locality
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- Derivation
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- Precision scope
- Bisnow, citing county meeting documents, places the 158-acre site outside Sweeny, and the campus is named after Old Ocean, an unincorporated community about 5 miles northwest of Sweeny. The point is Old Ocean's coordinate from its Wikipedia article, not the parcel.
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- Geometry evidence
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A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston-Area County Rejects Tax Break For $3.5B Data Center Project Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | 85bc4afa057588f34a437ed57077a93e74f0dbe2cb853ca091e8d93e096adf9cFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Old Ocean, Texas Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 6ff6da5a73e75f367a90695fe0c19eafd1dd2a95d9baeb65f56ae09f756bd3d4Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Public Citizen Applauds Brazoria County for Rejecting Tax Break for Massive Data Center Archived copy | Public Citizen Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Public Citizen | 359eecca2e4b7897fda9d2af98a1d0b5e17648021a5a44d1c9a69b5f5b5653abFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Old Ocean Data Center (Nightpeak Energy) [site vcc-site-88d9a98c0d66b0ceae9f]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-88d9a98c0d66b0ceae9f/
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