Data center project · Bastrop County, Texas
Pacifico Cedar Creek data center and power campus
Proposed · A 2,842-acre gas-powered data center campus seeking state school-tax incentives in Bastrop County.
- Status
- Proposed · as of Aug. 19, 2026
- Location
- 382 Earl Callahan Road, Cedar Creek · Bastrop County
- Status note
- Tax abatement requests withdrawn; county says development and permit applications continue.
- Power
- 490 MW
About 490 MW of data center load served by 710 MW of on-site gas generation, per the JETI application. - Land
- 2,842 acres
- Investment
- About $2.24 billion for the power plant
- Developer and team
- Pacifico Energy; Black Chamber Partners
- Utility
- On-site gas generation
- Incentives
- JETI application to the Comptroller for a 10-year Bastrop ISD value limit; 100% Chapter 312 abatement requests to Bastrop County (later withdrawn) and two emergency services districts.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- Aug. 19, 2026 The developers withdrew both county abatement applications. (Elgin Courier, Aug. 25, 2026)
- June 24, 2026 Pacifico filed a JETI application with the Texas Comptroller. (Community Impact, July 15, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Pacifico told the Comptroller it is also weighing a site in Muhlenberg Township, Ohio.
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