Project Horizon (Longfellow Ranch)
Fort Stockton, Pecos County, TX
Poolside, a private operator, is building Project Horizon (Longfellow Ranch) in Fort Stockton, TX. Reported capacity is 2,000 MW on a site of about 657 acres. 2GW self-powered AI campus ~25mi from Fort Stockton adjacent to Longfellow Ranch gas hub; eight 250MW phases; CoreWeave anchor deal for phase 1 later unwound (2026).
- 2,000 MWPlanned capacity
- 657 acresSite size
Project status
- Announced Oct 15, 2025
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Pecos County: Commissioners Court
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Records and documentation
- Pecos County Commissioners Court Agenda, 1/12/2026 — Tax Abatement Agreement with CoreWeave, LLC (Longfellow Renewable Energy Reinvestment Zone)Official agenda item approving a Chapter 312 tax abatement with CoreWeave LLC in the Longfellow Renewable Energy Reinvestment Zone (established 1/13/2025). The signed agreement PDF itself is not linked, likely only available via the County Auditor.Download
- Fort Stockton Pioneer: Pecos County commissioners approve tax relief for $6.4B data center dealNews coverage of the Commissioners Court tax-abatement approval above.Download
- Fort Stockton Pioneer: Multi-billion dollar AI project and new workforce housing greenlit in Pecos County559-acre footprint 25 miles outside Fort Stockton, adjacent to Longfellow Ranch, unincorporated Pecos County, behind-the-meter power generation.Download
Texas state legislation
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Poolside
- County
- Pecos County, TX
- Capacity
- 2,000 MW
- Size
- 657 acres
- Address
- Fort Stockton, TX
- Stage
- Under construction
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RenderingPhoto: Forbes
Aerial imageryAerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)
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