As of April 2026, Texas has 84 operating data centers and 140 planned projects, according to analysis by Cleanview, a software platform that visualizes clean energy and data center data. The planned projects would add 75,089 megawatts of additional capacity to the state. The Center Square’s April 13, 2026 coverage of the Cleanview data confirms the ten largest planned data centers in Texas range from 1,800 MW in Ellis County to 7,650 MW in Pecos County. According to Bloomberg Energy’s 2026 Data Center Power report, by 2028 Texas is projected to exceed 40 gigawatts of data center capacity (nearly 30% of total U.S. demand) representing a 142% increase in market share.
The geographic distribution of those 140 planned projects is what makes this a statewide aggregate demand story rather than a story about one market. The map includes planned projects in a rural area stretching from San Antonio to Dallas, throughout the Panhandle from Amarillo to Lubbock, in Wichita Falls, throughout West Texas from Odessa to Big Bend, and in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville and Harlingen. The ten largest planned projects alone cover Pecos County, Hill County, Carson County, Caldwell County, Hood County, Reeves County, Cameron County, and Ellis County. That list covers the full range of AN’s service territory — North Texas, Central Texas, West Texas, and emerging South Texas markets.
“As of April 2026, Texas has 84 operating data centers and 140 planned projects that would add another 75,089 MW of capacity. By 2028, Texas is projected to exceed 40 GW of capacity, nearly 30% of total U.S. demand, representing a 142% increase in market share.” Source: Cleanview via The Center Square · thecentersquare.com · April 13, 2026; Bloomberg Energy 2026 Data Center Power Report
Every data center in that pipeline starts with a site preparation phase before a single server hall goes up. A 2,000 MW campus requires engineered building pads with precise sub-base compaction across significant acreage. Road base for internal drives and staging areas. Drainage aggregate and rip rap for stormwater management across the site footprint. Utility corridors for power and cooling systems require utility sand and select fill across extended alignments. The aggregate demand from a single hyperscale campus can run for 18 to 36 months before the first building is operational. With 140 planned projects in various stages of development, that aggregate demand is not concentrated in one quarter or one market.
The contractors active on data center site preparation in Texas are operating in one of the most sustained construction cycles in the state’s history. The projects AN has covered individually — Stargate Abilene, Aligned Hale County, Stargate Shackelford and Milam County, Yondr Lancaster, DataBank Red Oak — are each one entry in a 140-project statewide pipeline. Each requires aggregate sourcing relationships confirmed before construction begins, not after the first trench is open.
Texas has 140 planned data centers adding 75,089 MW of capacity. That is not a wave coming. It is a market condition already underway in every corridor AN serves.