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Microsoft Pecos campus

A new data center, Microsoft Pecos campus, has been announced in Pecos, TX. The project is sized at 2,000 MW. ~2GW West Texas campus announced Jun 2026; 20-year PPA with Chevron for up to 2.67GW behind-the-meter gas power, first power 2028; ~6,000 construction jobs.

2,000 MWPlanned capacity

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Project status

Announced Jun 22, 2026
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Texas state legislation

PUCT Docket No. 59475 - Oncor/LCRA Bell County East Switch-Big Hill 765kV Transmission LineApprovalinterchange.puc.texas.govFiled 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" ProcessApprovalinterchange.puc.texas.govPUCT 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)Approvalinterchange.puc.texas.govStatewide 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 AgreementsCommunity benefits agreementfas.orgMOU-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)Documentinterchange.puc.texas.govPending 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: Microsoft
County: Reeves County, TX
Capacity: 2,000 MW
Address: Pecos, TX
Stage: Announced

Size: not on file

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