Potentia Development 'Project Big Pine' (Hooks / Bowie County)
Hooks, Bowie County, TX
Plans have been filed for Potentia Development 'Project Big Pine' (Hooks / Bowie County), a data center in Hooks, TX. ~500-582 acre behind-the-meter-first AI data center campus marketed by Potentia as Project Big Pine. Bowie County commissioners approved the land sale Aug 28, 2026 and Hooks City Council declined to reverse the transfer (Sept 2026) despite heated resident opposition over noise, water and transparency. (Source dated 2026-08-28.).
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
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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
- Potentia Development
- County
- Bowie County, TX
- Address
- Hooks, TX
- Stage
- Planned
Capacity and size: not on file
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Photos
Aerial imageryAerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)
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