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Data center campus · Off I-20 about 4.5 miles east of Monahans toward Odessa, Ward County, Texas

Circe Energy West Texas AI infrastructure campus (E. Monahans)

Proposed as of June 16, 2026

Circe Energy plans a behind-the-meter, gas-powered AI data center campus in the Permian Basin and has registered on-site generators with TCEQ for a site off I-20 east of Monahans in Ward County. Also known as: Circe Energy Data Centers E. Monahans Campus.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site1,950acres

Who is behind it

ProjectCirce Energy West Texas AI infrastructure campus (E. Monahans)Also: Circe Energy Data Centers E. Monahans Campus
Developer and teamCirce Energy
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Circe announced it had ordered about 2 GW of natural gas generation from Cummins for a 1,950-acre West Texas AI campus, with deliveries from 2026 to 2030 and phased energization starting in 2027. (Circe Energy (PR Newswire), June 16, 2026; Cummins Inc. (Business Wire), June 16, 2026; Microgrid Knowledge, June 17, 2026)

  2. Circe Energy filed a TCEQ standard permit registration for 80 Cummins gas engine generators, about 160 MW in total, at its E. Monahans data center campus site. (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, March 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The company releases place the 1,950-acre campus only in the Permian Basin; the Ward County location comes from the TCEQ registration for the E. Monahans campus. Whether the whole 2 GW platform sits on that one site is not stated.
  • The 160 MW and 2 GW figures are on-site generation, not stated data center load, so no mw value is recorded.
  • The TCEQ package carries only a 'March 2026' date and no receipt stamp; it lists construction start 'ASAP' and operation in 2027.

The full record

Status note
An air permit registration for on-site generators was filed with TCEQ in March 2026; the developer targets first power in 2027.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.