Overview
- Google will add two data centers in Haskell County and one in Armstrong County, with continued investment at existing Midlothian and Dallas campuses.
- The company says it has contracted more than 6,200 megawatts of new net generation through PPAs with AES, Enel North America, Interset and X‑Elio.
- The Haskell sites will be paired with a solar-and-battery industrial park developed with Interset and TPG Rise Climate.
- Environmental measures include $2.6 million to create or enhance up to 1,000 acres of Trinity–San Jacinto wetlands and about 300 million gallons of annual freshwater deliveries, plus advanced air-cooling at the facilities.
- The expansion comes as ERCOT forecasts peak demand could rise 70% by 2031; Texas now requires non‑critical large users to shed load during grid emergencies, and voters approved a $20 billion water plan this month.