AWS Project Spectrum (Hood County)
Hood County, TX
AWS Project Spectrum (Hood County) is a planned data center in Hood County, TX, with Amazon Web Services named as the developer. AWS-linked 'Project Spectrum' campus at 2300 Coates Road in Hood County, planned as a 21-building campus across ~1,265 acres, powered via Luminant/Vistra from the neighboring Comanche Peak nuclear plant. Hood County Commissioners Court voted 3-0 on May 26, 2026 that AWS had met approval conditions (drainage, traffic, endangered species, water-use studies). This appears to be a separate site/phase from the already-tracked 'AWS Project Spectrum' entry in Glen Rose/Somervell County (18 buildings, ~435 acres) -- different building count, acreage, and county approval process -- though both share the Project Spectrum name and draw power from Comanche Peak, so some relationship between the two is likely. [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Hood County Commissioners Court voted 3-0 on May 26, 2026, approving AWS Project Spectrum at 2300 Coates Road after confirming the company met established conditions for drainage, traffic, species, and water studies. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/law-hood-county-oks-plans-210514110.html.
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Hood County: Commissioners Court4:00 AM · TX
Hood County: County Commissioners7:00 AM · TX
Hood County: Commissioners Court
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Texas state legislation
- PUCT Docket No. 59475 - Oncor/LCRA Bell County East Switch-Big Hill 765kV Transmission LineFiled March 2026; 122 alternative routes, 835+ protests. Explicitly justified by data-center load concentration in the Temple/Bell/Williamson County corridor; an intervenor has questioned whether specific "Temple Data Centers" were properly included in the load forecast.Download
- PUCT Docket No. 59142 - ERCOT Large Load Interconnection "Batch Zero" ProcessPUCT approved (~June 2026) ERCOT's one-time transitional study process for ≥75MW load interconnection requests; tied to Gov. Abbott's Aug 2026 directive pausing/auditing the queue. CenterPoint reported ~14GW of its own projects positioned in this batch.Download
- PUCT Project No. 58481 - Large Load Interconnection Standards Rulemaking (PURA §37.0561)Statewide rulemaking adopting 16 TAC §25.194, interconnection standards for new/expanding loads ≥75MW (data centers). Adopted 2026 with a flat $100k study fee, eliminated non-refundable interconnection fee.Download
- Economic Development Program Agreement (Seafox) / Tax Abatement & Road Improvements AgreementsMOU-based economic development program agreement (plus a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement and a road-improvements development agreement) covering a data center project in El Paso.Download
- PUCT Docket No. 59399 - Comanche Peak Power Company Net Metering Application (Amazon)Pending as of mid-2026 -- test case for data center co-location against dispatchable (nuclear) generation. Amazon data center campus paired with the Comanche Peak nuclear plant, Somervell County.Download
Site details
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- County
- Hood County, TX
- Address
- Hood County, TX
- Stage
- Planned
Capacity and size: not on file
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