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Reported geography
Source-reported location for GW Ranch.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Pacifico Energy
- Address and locality
- Pecos County · Texas
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not established; source review excludes the published figure
- Source freshness
- 10 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- rumored (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000762
The stored 7,650 MW is the generating capacity of the associated gas plant, not a stated data-center capacity. The upstream row remains attributed below, but this value is not repeated as site capacity.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Power source
- On-site gas
- On-site generation
- 7,650 MW (source-reported)
- Land area
- 8,000 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Energy. TCEQ air permit secured (Jan 2026) for up to 7.65GW gas-fired generation - the largest such permit in the US. Includes 1.8GW battery storage + up to 750MWac solar. Off-grid/private-network design, not ERCOT-interconnected. Developer timeline: 1GW online 2028, 5+GW by 2030-31.
What the source record says
~17 miles north of Fort Stockton. This is fundamentally a power-generation project 'purpose-built to support hyperscale data center operators' (per Data Center Dynamics), but no data center tenant/operator has been named - classified 'rumored' confidence on the data-center use specifically. Distinct from the existing tracked Microsoft/Core Scientific 'Pecos' entries (those are in Reeves County, not Pecos County). Coordinates are approximate. Data center tenant unidentified. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): TCEQ approved the site's air permit (up to 7.65GW gas-fired, authorized to emit 12,000+ tons/yr of regulated pollutants per permitting documents) in early 2026. Checked an oil-and-gas-watchdog outlet (a source that actively covers this project's environmental profile in detail) and it documents no local opposition, hearing record, or resident reaction to GW Ranch specifically -- only industry/regulatory facts. The original DCD source and a second outlet (Inside Climate News) both 403'd on fetch. No community-reception record found in the source actually retrieved.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
No status history was supplied in this edition.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Pacifico Energy unveils 5GW off-grid natural gas project in Texas, slated to serve a hyperscale data center · Data Center Dynamics
- Developer calls GW Ranch the largest power project in the U.S. · Inside Climate News
- Amazon Backs 7.65-GW Gas Plant in Texas to Power New AI Data Center Campus · Construction Review Online
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID gw-ranch-pacifico-energy-pecos-county-tx. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
That does not mean the row is wrong, and it does not mean no reviewed record exists for the same place. A link is added only when an identifier or source establishes the match.
Recorded information
What this page records, grouped by topic, with the source's units and qualifications. Company-reported values stay labeled as company-reported. Related listings are shown separately.
Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000762
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- TX · Pecos (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Pacifico Energy
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 8,000 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not established; source review excludes the published figure
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Power source: On-site gas
Provider label.
- On-site generation: 7,650 MW (source-reported)
On-site figures often describe backup generators rather than primary supply; read the provider energy note.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-10
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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