What's Really Being Built in Texoma? Interactive Map of Every Data Center, Power Plant & Solar Farm

Quick answer: As of September 2026, Texoma has plenty of power plants, but very few big data centers. The major builds are a 570 MW gas plant in south Sherman, a 400 MW gas expansion at Hugo, and Google-backed solar near Durant. Real data centers are mostly in Plano and Allen. Most other data-center proposals have been withdrawn, paused or are still rumors. Scroll down for our interactive map of all 57 mapped sites.

Hey neighbors, Brian & Jonelle here. We keep getting asked about this. Folks around Lake Texoma see a viral graphic, hear a rumor at the feed store, or spot survey stakes down the road, and they want to know what's really coming. So we pulled together every project we could verify across our 12 counties, with what each one could mean if you own, buy, or sell nearby.

At a glance: Texoma energy and data center projects by the numbers

• 🗺️ 12 counties covered: Atoka, Bryan, Marshall, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Johnston and Pushmataha in Oklahoma; Grayson, Cooke, Fannin and Collin in Texas.
• 🏗️ Biggest project being built right now: Rayburn Energy Station II in Sherman, a $685 million, 570 MW gas plant that broke ground June 9, 2026.
• ⚡ Next big build: Western Farmers Electric Cooperative's 400 MW gas expansion at the Hugo plant, with construction starting in early 2027.
• ☀️ Newest solar online: Twelvemile Solar 1 & 2 (153 MW, Bryan County, for Google) and Choctaw Fields Solar (85 MW, Choctaw County, September 2026).
• 🖥️ Where the data centers really are: Collin County (Plano and Allen), with about 230 MW operating and 150 MW more planned or under construction.
• 🚫 Data-center proposals withdrawn in 2026: Ardmore (March), Sherman (May), and Project Tomahawk in Prosper (September 8), which sits just outside our area.
• ❓ Still unconfirmed: a Williams gas plant + data center near Boswell, a Black Mountain gas plant and "AI facility" near Savoy, and the Atoka Energy Park.
• ⏸️ Rules in flux: Choctaw County has a one-year data-center moratorium, and Texas paused new data-center grid hookups statewide in early August 2026.

🗺️ Interactive map: every Texoma energy and data center project

Zoom in on your area and click any pin for the project's size, status and source link. Green = operating power plants, blue = under construction or approved, orange = proposed or unconfirmed, purple = existing data centers, red = withdrawn, cancelled or retired. Some pins are approximate (town or area level) because exact sites aren't public; each pin's popup says so.

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Master list: every Texoma energy and data center project (September 2026)

Here's the whole list in one place. Sizes are in megawatts (MW) of generating or storage capacity, or IT load for data centers. When sources disagree, we use the developer's own number and point out the conflict in the county sections below.

Withdrawn, cancelled or retired (still worth knowing about): Ardmore's JRE Strategies data center (withdrawn March 2026), Woodside's H2OK hydrogen plant in Ardmore (cancelled 2025), Sherman's Interurban/Travis data center (withdrawn around May 1, 2026), a 1,300 MW gas request in Johnston County (withdrawn May 21, 2026), a 500 MW solar-plus-battery request in Coal County (withdrawn May 21, 2026), two 220 MW solar requests in Marshall County (withdrawn 2024 and Dec 2025), Galactic Solar & Storage, Yellow Rose BESS, Silver Fox Solar and Prairie Point Wind in Grayson County (withdrawn 2019–2025), Backwater Solar in Cooke County (withdrawn Jan 26, 2026), Kiamichi Mountain Wind in Pushmataha County (presumed never built), and the Valley Steam Electric Station in Fannin County (retired 2015).

What about that viral "Oklahoma Data Centers Moving In & Expanding" graphic?

You've probably seen it shared around Facebook. It lists two spots in our area: Atoka (Artemis) and Mead, Bryan County (SmartTec). Here's the honest story on both.

• ❓ Artemis Data Center, Atoka: The only place it shows up is a "planned" listing on DCMap, a data-center tracking site, under a company called Artemis Power Tech Inc. That company's own website doesn't mention Atoka. We couldn't find a press release, permit, site, size or news story confirming it. There's also a different company, Artemis Commercial Group, a land broker tied to the IREN project near Kiowa, so the name may be getting mixed up. Bottom line: treat it as unconfirmed.
• 🖥️ SmartTec Site 01, Mead: This one is real, but it's small. SmartTec's own site describes roughly 30–39 acres on US-70 in Mead (its page now lists 39.39 acres), 64 GPUs drawing about 114 kilowatts (0.114 MW) in earlier specs, and a 3 MVA transformer targeted for commissioning in October 2026. For comparison, CyrusOne's Allen campus runs 77 MW of IT capacity. Mead's site is closer to a big server room than a hyperscale AI campus.

So no, that graphic doesn't mean a giant AI campus is going up next to Atoka or Mead. The bigger things to keep an eye on in southern Oklahoma are the proposals near Boswell and the Atoka Energy Park, which we cover below.

Oklahoma counties

What's being built in Bryan County, OK?

Bryan County has the most activity on the Oklahoma side. That includes Google-backed solar that's already running, a couple of small data centers, and a rumored gas-and-data-center project on the Choctaw County line. If you live in Durant, Calera or out in the county, here's what you should know.

Twelvemile Solar 1 & 2 (Leeward Renewable Energy / Google)

• 📍 Location: Near the intersection of State Highways 78 and 199, northwest of Durant, on privately owned leased land. View area on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 153 MW total (Twelvemile I is 100 MW, Twelvemile II is 52.2 MW). KXII reported about 320 MW for the Bryan site, which seems to combine phases. We're using LRE's number.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Construction started July 30–31, 2025. LRE announced commercial operation on July 7, 2026, connected to OG&E transmission. LRE says a Twelvemile IV is expected online in 2029.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: Up to 350 peak construction jobs and about $29 million in state and local property taxes over the life of phases 1 and 2. LRE's whole 725 MW, $1.5 billion Oklahoma portfolio is projected to pay $148.8 million in taxes. The power goes to Google under agreements announced in January 2025.
• 🔗 Links: LRE project page · LRE operations announcement · KXII coverage

What it means for nearby homeowners and buyers: This is the biggest Durant solar farm story, and it's already built. Solar farms are quiet once they're running, so the day-to-day changes are mostly the view and some extra traffic during maintenance. For landowners, it shows these lease deals are real and actually happening in western Bryan County. For everyone else, the property taxes help local budgets.

OG&E's Durant solar farms (Choctaw Nation–OG&E Solar Energy Center and Butterfield Solar Farm)

• 📍 Location: Durant. Butterfield is at roughly 33.969, -96.435. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: The Choctaw Nation–OG&E Solar Energy Center is 10 MW on 70 acres (5 MW built in 2020, doubled in 2021). Butterfield is 5 MWac.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Operating since 2020–21 and 2022. The federal energy database lists them as two plants, but Butterfield may just be the expansion phase listed on its own.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: The Choctaw Nation buys about half the output of the Solar Energy Center.
• 🔗 Links: OG&E announcement · KXII on the expansion

What it means: These are small, established utility sites. If you're buying nearby, they've been there for years and aren't a new change coming to the neighborhood.

SmartTec Site 01 (Mead)

• 📍 Location: US-70 in Mead (tracker address: 8460 US Highway 70). View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: About 0.114 MW (114 kW) of IT load from 64 GPUs, with a 3 MVA transformer. SmartTec first listed 30 acres; its page now says 39.39 acres.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Pre-launch. A tracker lists a September 24, 2026 construction start, and SmartTec targets power-on in Q4 2026.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: Not disclosed.
• 🔗 Links: SmartTec site page · Compute Atlas listing

What it means: This is the "Mead" entry on the viral graphic. It's small, so don't expect it to change traffic, water use or the landscape around Mead the way a hyperscale campus would. We found no independent news coverage yet, so most of what's known comes from the company itself.

Choctaw Nation Data Center / Emergency Operations Center

• 📍 Location: Durant.
• ⚡ Size: An existing 14,500 sq ft hardened building.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating. It's the Choctaw Nation's own enterprise data center and emergency operations center.
• 🔗 Links: FSB project page

What it means: This is an established tribal facility, not a speculative AI build. It doesn't change much for nearby homeowners.

Williams gas plant + data center near Boswell (unconfirmed)

• 📍 Location: Reported only as "along the Bryan County and Choctaw County line" near Boswell. The exact site and county haven't been disclosed. View Boswell on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: Not disclosed. No MW, acreage, investment or jobs figure.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Proposed. Residents held a town hall on September 22, 2026 and circulated a petition against it. Only KXII has named Williams, and Williams didn't respond to KXII. Williams' newsroom doesn't list an Oklahoma project.
• 👷 Background: In July 2026, Williams announced a $5.34 billion Blackstone-led investment in its "Power Innovation" business, which builds dedicated gas generation for data centers.
• 🔗 Links: KXII town hall coverage · Williams Power Innovation announcement

What it means: For land buyers, this is the Bryan County item we'd watch most closely. Until there's a permit or a company announcement, nobody can tell you which parcels are involved. If you're looking at acreage between Bennington and Boswell, ask questions and read the county's current rules before you sign anything.

Bennington-to-Hugo gas pipeline

• 📍 Location: Starts at the Bennington Natural Gas Hub in Bryan County and runs to the Hugo plant in Choctaw County.
• ⚡ Size: About 43 miles, built by ONE Gas (Oklahoma Natural Gas).
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Construction in 2027, to feed the Hugo expansion.
• 🔗 Links: WFEC announcement (PDF)

What it means: Pipelines bring easements. If you own or are buying land in eastern Bryan or western Choctaw County, ask whether a pipeline easement is planned across or next to the property.

"Bryan Solar" queue request (GEN-2022-104)

This is a 113 MW solar request in the regional grid queue, planned for April 2029. The developer's name is behind a paywall (Cleanview). Queue requests are only applications for a grid connection, and many never get built.

Withdrawn or stalled in Bryan County: None found. We also found no Bryan County data-center moratorium.

📖 Thinking about the Durant side of the lake? Read Durant, OK's new construction boom.

Is a data center coming to Atoka County, OK?

Maybe, but nothing has been confirmed. Atoka County doesn't have a large operating energy project or data center. What it has is talk, and a lot of it.

Atoka Energy Park (unconfirmed)

• 📍 Location: Not disclosed.
• ⚡ Size: The only source for the headline figures, a $4 billion, 972 MW gas plant pitched with Prismecs USA, is an advocacy timeline citing McAlester council minutes. We'd treat those numbers as unconfirmed.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: The City of Atoka, under Mayor Brian Cathey, has pitched it to partner cities. Tishomingo approved a preliminary partnership on January 28, 2025, and Seminole signed a nonbinding letter. Seminole's city manager described it as privately financed power meant to serve a data-center park. We found no 2026 milestones.
• 🔗 Links: KTEN on Tishomingo partnership · Seminole letter of support

What it means: There's no site yet, so there's no parcel to worry about. But on June 3, 2026, the Atoka County Times reported a packed commissioners' meeting about data-center rumors and zoning questions (the details are paywalled). If you own land along the Hwy 69 corridor, keep an eye on county agendas.

"Artemis Data Center" (tracker listing only)

As covered above, this appears only as a "planned" listing on DCMap, and the listed developer's website doesn't mention Atoka. No size, site or dates are known. It's unconfirmed.

Lone Grove–Kiowa transmission line rebuild

• 📍 Location: About 88 miles across Carter, Johnston, Coal, Atoka and Pittsburg counties.
• 🏗️ Status: AEP/PSO scheduled construction from fall 2024 through early 2026.
• 🔗 Links: AEP Transmission project page

What it means: This is a rebuild of an existing line, not a brand-new corridor. Still, it's worth checking the transmission easement on any rural property along the route.

Withdrawn or stalled in Atoka County: None on record. IREN's huge Project Emerald sits just north in Pittsburg County (see "Just outside our 12 counties" below).

📖 Atoka County is about more than rumors. See our guide to McGee Creek State Park in Atoka County.

What's happening with power plants in Choctaw County, OK?

Choctaw County is turning into an energy-production hub around Hugo and Fort Towson. It's also the only county in our area with a data-center moratorium.

Hugo Station Unit 1 (coal)

• 📍 Location: Near Fort Towson. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 446 MW coal unit owned by Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC).
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since 1982. A proposed 750 MW Unit 2 was dropped by 2010.
• 🔗 Links: Global Energy Monitor profile

Hugo Units 3–11: the 400 MW Hugo gas expansion

• 📍 Location: At the existing Hugo plant near Fort Towson. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: Nine Siemens Energy gas turbines adding 400 MW, which brings the plant to about 832 MW. (Oklahoma Energy Today reported 404 MW. We're using WFEC's number.)
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Announced January 19, 2026. Fagen Inc. is the contractor. Construction starts in early 2027, and commercial operation is due by mid-2029. USDA Rural Development has posted an Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: WFEC hasn't disclosed the cost or the number of permanent jobs.
• 🔗 Links: WFEC announcement (PDF) · USDA environmental review · Hugo News

What it means: This expansion is on an existing plant site, so the footprint isn't new. Expect construction traffic and crews in the Hugo–Fort Towson area starting in 2027, which could mean more short-term rental demand. Buyers near the plant should also look into the new gas pipeline route coming from Bennington.

Choctaw Fields Solar (Savion)

• 📍 Location: Near Fort Towson (reportedly west of town). The exact road location wasn't published. View Fort Towson area on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 85 MW on 920 acres with 206,500 solar modules. A 2023 grid filing described 52.08 MW of battery inverters, but Savion doesn't mention a battery, so it's unclear whether one was built.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Construction began November 2024, and it reached commercial operation in September 2026.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: Savion developed it, Tango Holdings (a Savion–Ares joint venture) owns it, and Cargill buys all the power.
• 🔗 Links: Savion project page · Solar Power World

What it means: This is one of the newest solar farms in Oklahoma, and it covers 920 acres, so it changes the view for anyone next door. For landowners in the area, it's another sign that solar leasing is active here.

"Choctaw Solar" queue request (GEN-2024-083)

A separate 250 MW solar request is in the queue for December 2029. The developer hasn't been disclosed (Cleanview).

Data-center moratorium: Choctaw County adopted a 365-day moratorium on data-center permits on May 18, 2026. It runs to about May 2027. More on this in the local rules section below.

Withdrawn or stalled in Choctaw County: Hugo Unit 2 (750 MW coal) was abandoned by 2010. The Williams/Boswell proposal is covered in the Bryan County section. KXII reports that Choctaw County's moratorium was a response to it, but whether the pause applies depends on which county the site is in.

What energy projects are in Johnston County, OK?

Johnston County has the most generation of our smaller Oklahoma counties. It has a big wind farm, a large solar farm under construction, and a long list of grid-queue requests.

Diamond Spring Wind (ALLETE Clean Energy)

• 📍 Location: About 25 miles northeast of Ardmore, spanning Johnston, Murray and Pontotoc counties. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 303 MW from 112 GE turbines.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since December 2020.
• 👷 Jobs: 10 permanent employees. The power goes to Walmart, Starbucks and Smithfield.
• 🔗 Links: ALLETE Clean Energy sites · Oklahoma Energy Today

What it means: The turbines have been up since 2020, so what you see today is what you get. If you're buying land in the area, check whether the property has an existing wind lease or turbine easement, and whether the lease payments transfer with the sale.

Twelvemile Solar 3 (LRE / Google)

• 📍 Location: Johnston County. Sources disagree on the exact spot. One tracker puts it north of Tishomingo, while earlier KTEN coverage described the project south of Nida off Hwy 78. We're not posting a map pin until LRE confirms.
• ⚡ Size: 200 MW.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Under construction as of July 7, 2026. LRE said it would reach commercial operation "in coming months." Its queue record targets December 1, 2026.
• 👷 Background: The state capped its solar permit fee at $500,000 instead of $2.5 million.
• 🔗 Links: LRE project page · Investigate Midwest on the permit fee

What it means: Crews are still working, so you'll see construction traffic in the area for now. When it's done, it'll join the Bryan County phases as some of the largest solar in our service area.

Johnston County's grid-queue requests

Johnston County's regional grid queue has 22 entries: 9 active, 2 operating and 11 withdrawn. The active ones include batteries of 100, 180, 200, 258 and 200 MW, a 350 MW "Johnston Solar" targeting 2030, a 200 MW solar request at the Bison 345 kV substation, and a 258 MW wind request. None of the developers have been disclosed (interconnection.fyi). Remember, a queue request is an application for a grid connection, not a promise to build.

Withdrawn or stalled in Johnston County:

• 🚫 1,300 MW gas plant request (GEN-2024-132): withdrawn May 21, 2026 (record).
• 💤 Twelvemile Wind (Milburn area, 103 turbine sites): described as "not imminent" since its 2021 state notice (OCC notice).

Are there power plants in Coal County, OK?

Yes, but they're small. People's Electric Cooperative runs three gas-engine plants near Centrahoma.

Centrahoma East, Centrahoma West & Little Dixie (People's Electric Cooperative)

• 📍 Location: Centrahoma West at 37727 Old SH 3 and Centrahoma East at 37779 Old SH 3. View Centrahoma West · View Centrahoma East
• ⚡ Size: 25 MW + 25 MW, plus 12.5 MW at Little Dixie.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating. Federal records date them to mid-2019, while Caterpillar's case study says 2017–18.
• 🔗 Links: Caterpillar case study · GridInfo

What it means: These are local co-op power sites that have been running for years. They help keep the rural grid reliable and don't signal any big change coming.

Lula 138 kV solar request (GEN-2023-038)

This is a 200 MW solar request, still active and targeting September 2029, with an undisclosed developer (record).

Withdrawn or stalled in Coal County: A 500 MW solar-plus-battery request (GEN-2024-165) was withdrawn May 21, 2026 (record). No data centers were found.

📖 Get to know the county seat in Coalgate, Oklahoma: small town, big history.

Is anything being built in Marshall County, OK?

Not much, and that's useful to know if you're shopping around Kingston or Madill. Marshall County has no operating utility-scale power plant, and state trackers list no data centers here.

• 🔋 Caney Creek battery request (GEN-2022-143): 200 MW at the Caney Creek 138 kV substation, active and targeting December 2030 (record). It's only an application at this point.

Withdrawn or stalled in Marshall County: Two 220 MW solar requests (GEN-2023-020 and GEN-2024-031) were withdrawn in 2024 and December 2025 (record).

Heads up: if you search online for a "Marshall County data center ban," those stories are about Marshall County in Iowa and Indiana, not ours.

Why did Ardmore's data center fall through? (Carter County, OK)

Carter County has no utility-scale power generation, and both of its headline projects fell through.

JRE Strategies data center, Ardmore (withdrawn)

• 📍 Location: 6.74 acres in the 2800 block of 3rd Avenue NE, Ardmore. View area on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 10 MW. City staff described it as a crypto/bitcoin-type operation.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: The Planning Commission rejected the rezoning 7-0 in February 2026, and the applicant withdrew before the March 16 City Commission vote.
• 🔗 Links: Oklahoma Energy Today · KXII

What it means: In a city with zoning, residents and the planning commission had a real say, and they used it. For Ardmore buyers, that site's zoning didn't change.

Woodside H2OK hydrogen plant, Ardmore (cancelled)

• 📍 Location: 94 acres in Westport Industrial Park.
• ⚡ Size: 290 MW first phase (electricity load), announced in 2021.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Put on hold in April 2025 and then abandoned. Woodside took about a $140 million write-down, and the Ardmore Development Authority is working to get the land back.
• 🔗 Links: Oklahoma Commerce announcement · The Ardmoreite

What it means: Big announcements don't always turn into buildings. That Westport land could end up with a different user down the road.

Heads up: searches for a "Carter County data center moratorium" pull up Carter County, Tennessee. That's not us.

What's in Pushmataha County, OK?

Wildhorse Mountain Wind (Southern Power)

• 📍 Location: On an Ouachita ridgeline about 4.8 miles east of Clayton. View Clayton area on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 100 MW from 29 Vestas turbines. Sources disagree on turbine height. Southern Power's fact sheet lists 80 m towers, while a 2022 federal Environmental Assessment describes about a 105 m hub height and a 568-foot tip height.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since December 26, 2019. Arkansas Electric Cooperative buys the power under a 20-year agreement.
• 👷 Jobs: About 250 workers at peak construction.
• 🔗 Links: Southern Company announcement · Fact sheet (PDF)

What it means: Ridgeline turbines can be seen for miles. If you're buying a mountain-view property around Clayton, drive out and check the view from the actual lot before you buy.

Withdrawn or stalled in Pushmataha County: Kiamichi Mountain Wind (Le Flore/Pushmataha) filed a notice in 2017 but was never built. No data centers were found.

Texas counties

What is the new Sherman TX power plant? (Grayson County)

South Sherman's Progress Drive is Grayson County's energy and industrial hub, and it's where the biggest power project in our whole service area is going up.

Rayburn Energy Station II

• 📍 Location: 510 Progress Drive, Sherman, right next to the existing Rayburn Energy Station. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 570 MW simple-cycle gas "peaker" plant with ten Siemens SGT-800 turbines.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Broke ground June 9, 2026. Commercial operation is set for summer 2028.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: $685 million. About 60% of that comes from a $411 million, 3%, 20-year Texas Energy Fund loan. It will employ about 250 people during construction and 14 permanently.
• 🔗 Links: Rayburn Electric groundbreaking release · Dallas Innovates · POWER Magazine

What it means: This is being built on an existing industrial site, not next to a subdivision. The bigger local effect is people. Around 250 construction workers through 2028 means more demand for rentals and short-term housing around Sherman and Denison. One outlet tied the plant to data-center demand, but Rayburn's own announcements don't mention data centers.

Rayburn Energy Station (the original plant)

• 📍 Location: 510 Progress Drive, Sherman. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 758 MW per Rayburn. Federal-data trackers list 803.2 MW nameplate.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since 2014 (it was originally Panda Sherman). Rayburn Electric Cooperative bought it in 2023.
• 👷 Jobs: 27 employees.
• 🔗 Links: Rayburn acquisition release

Cypress Creek solar farms (4 small sites)

• 📍 Locations: Highway 56 Solar (16480 Hwy 56, Sherman), West Moore Solar II (1917 W. Moore St, Sherman), and Whitesboro Solar I and II (4899 FM 901, Whitesboro). Hwy 56 site · W. Moore site · Whitesboro sites
• ⚡ Size: About 5 MW each.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since 2017–18.
• 🔗 Links: GridInfo · KXII 2017

What it means: These are small, established sites. They've been part of the landscape for years.

Denison Dam powerhouse

• 📍 Location: On the Texas–Oklahoma line at Denison Dam.
• ⚡ Size: 99 MW of hydropower, run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since the 1940s, with the units replaced around 2020–21.
• 🔗 Links: DVIDS (USACE)

Grayson County grid-queue requests

Three requests are active in the Texas grid queue: Whitewright Solar 2 (SunWR LLC, 301.7 MW, target May 2028, which one tracker gives a 1% chance of being built), White Bright BESS (VLN LLC, 313.7 MW battery at the same connection point), and Lima Solar (101.3 MW near the Van Alstyne line). See Whitewright Solar 2, White Bright BESS and Lima Solar.

Data centers in Grayson County: None are built, under construction or approved. Denison says no data-center developer has approached the city. Coherent's Nvidia-linked optics plant expansion in Sherman (groundbreaking June 16, 2026) makes parts for data centers, but it isn't one.

Withdrawn or stalled in Grayson County:

• 🚫 Sherman data center (Interurban Parkway & West Travis Street, across from Sherman High School): it was part of a mixed-use development, and the data-center piece was dropped around May 1, 2026, before the council vote. No developer, acreage or size was ever published (KXII).
• 🚫 Galactic Solar & Storage near Southmayd (205 MW, $205M): commissioners denied its tax abatement 5-0 in 2022, and it left the queue in 2025 (KXII).
• 🚫 Yellow Rose BESS (Black Mountain, 201 MW): withdrawn 2024.
• 🚫 Prairie Point Wind (NextEra, withdrawn 2019) and Silver Fox Solar (withdrawn 2025): both off the books (Grayson queue list).

📖 Construction crews and new jobs mean new rooftops. See Brand-New in Sherman: every new construction neighborhood worth a look.

Are data centers coming to Cooke County, TX?

None are confirmed, but they're on the county's radar. In May 2026, county coverage said 5–6 properties are being considered, and Judge John Roane said developers "need to come tell us why or where" (Gainesville Daily Register). Meanwhile, Cooke's existing energy is mostly wind, with some solar around Gainesville. (Searching "Gainesville data center" usually brings up Gainesville, Virginia, so don't let that confuse you.)

Wolf Ridge Wind (NextEra)

• 📍 Location: 1923 CR 431, Muenster. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 112.5 MW from 75 GE turbines, about 120 MW after repowering.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since August 2008 and repowered in 2020–21 under a county road-use agreement.
• 🔗 Links: GridInfo · Gainesville Daily Register

Wildcat Creek Wind (EDP Renewables)

• 📍 Location: Between Era and Muenster.
• ⚡ Size: EDP's own figures disagree. Its web page says 167 MW, its June 2025 fact sheet says 175 MW, and the 2021 announcement said 180 MW.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since 2021.
• 👷 Jobs & investment: 10 permanent jobs, 280 construction jobs, and $38.5 million in local economic impact through 2024, per EDP's fact sheet.
• 🔗 Links: EDP project page · EDP fact sheet (PDF)

What it means for both wind farms: Northwest Cooke County is established wind country. If you're buying rural acreage around Muenster or Era, ask whether a wind lease or road-use agreement comes with the land. Those lease payments can be a real perk.

Rippey Solar / BT Cooke Solar (Adapture Renewables)

• 📍 Location: 965 West Spring Road, Gainesville. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 59 MWac.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since December 2020.
• 🔗 Links: Adapture acquisition release · GridInfo

Recurrent Energy solar east of Valley View (proposed)

• 📍 Location: East of Valley View. View Valley View area
• ⚡ Size: 80 MW on about 550 acres.
• 🏗️ Status: In February 2025, a company representative said construction could start in Q3 2026. We couldn't confirm that it has started. This comes from a single summary of a county meeting and may be related to the withdrawn Backwater Solar.
• 🔗 Links: Citizen Portal meeting summary

Cooke County battery storage requests

18-ALPHA BESS (307 MW, target February 2028), Two Forks (310 MW) and Mountain Springs (151 MW) are in the queue (Cleanview; WattStreet).

Withdrawn or stalled in Cooke County: Backwater Solar (80 MW) left the queue January 26, 2026 (record).

Note for lake shoppers: Lake Kiowa, Texas has nothing to do with the big IREN data-center proposal near Kiowa, Oklahoma (covered below). Same name, different state.

Why is Savoy the center of Texoma's energy debate? (Fannin County, TX)

Western Fannin County along US 82 near Savoy has more energy activity than anywhere else in Texoma. Some of that is here to stay, and some of it is still just rumor.

Platinum Energy Storage ("Savoy BESS," Engie)

• 📍 Location: South of US 82 in Savoy. View Savoy area
• ⚡ Size: About 300 MW per Engie. Other trackers list 310 or 348 MW.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Operating as of early 2026. Engie bought it from Belltown Power in 2022, and it was already half-built when residents learned about it in March 2025. Fire risk became the main concern. Engie sued the county in September 2025, and the two sides settled in May 2026 with first-responder training and fire-equipment funding.
• 🔗 Links: Energy-Storage.news · KTEN on the settlement

What it means: Some neighbors worry about battery fires. Engie has said it's safe and has funded training and equipment for local first responders. If you're buying nearby, ask the local fire department about their response plan. It's a fair question.

Black Mountain Fannin Gas (ERCOT queue 29INR0191)

• 📍 Location: At the old Valley 345 kV substation near Savoy, where the retired Valley Steam Electric Station left behind high-voltage transmission lines.
• ⚡ Size: 990.6 MW of gas generation.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Queued June 4, 2026, with a projected commercial operation date first listed as September 28, 2029 (the queue record now shows April 2030). It's a queue entry, not an approved plant.
• 🔗 Links: interconnection.fyi record

Black Mountain "AI facility" / Savoy–Bells data center (unconfirmed)

• 📍 Location: Somewhere near the Fannin/Grayson line around Savoy and Bells. KTEN placed a Bells-area site about a mile from Bells schools, and a resident reported survey markers.
• ⚡ Size: Not disclosed.
• 🏗️ Status: Rumored. Grayson County Judge Bruce Dawsey said in March 2026 that one was planned on the Fannin–Grayson border. Fannin commissioners had a "Savoy Data Center" discussion item on March 31. At a June 9 meeting, a speaker said Black Mountain had been looking at an AI facility in the same area. No developer announcement, parcel or filing confirms it.
• 🔗 Links: KXII · North Texas e-News

What it means: The most likely reading is one combined gas-plus-data-center campus, but that isn't confirmed. Black Mountain is also behind a $10 billion Fort Worth data-center proposal that stalled with city leaders. If you're looking at land along US 82 between Bells and Savoy, this is the corridor to watch.

Fannin County Power Plant (Fort Worth Power Core, unconfirmed)

Global Energy Monitor lists a 446 MW gas plant owned by Fort Worth Power Core LLC near Savoy as "pre-construction." No other source confirms it or links it to Black Mountain (GEM; map).

Phoenix Solar (Pattern Energy)

• 📍 Location: Bonham ISD area. View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 83 MWac.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since 2021. Most of the power goes to Digital Realty.
• 👷 Investment: Expected to pay $13 million to Bonham ISD and $4 million to the county over 35 years.
• 🔗 Links: Pattern project page · Fact sheet (PDF)

What it means: This is a good example of how a solar farm can help the local school district's budget without adding students.

Coniglio Solar

• 📍 Location: 1986 CR 3740, Wolfe City area (southeast Fannin County). View on Google Maps
• ⚡ Size: 123.6 MWac / 168 MWdc.
• 🏗️ Status: Operating since December 2021. It sells power to Rayburn Electric.
• 🔗 Links: Qcells announcement · GridInfo

Steelhead Energy Storage

A 193.7 MW battery project from GRS BESS Texas Seven LLC, targeting commercial operation in September 2027 (record).

Bug Tussle Wind Ranch (Cielo Wind)

• 📍 Location: Mostly in Lamar County, with part in Fannin County. About 30,000 acres.
• ⚡ Size: About $300 million investment. Megawatts weren't stated in our sources.
• 🏗️ Status: In development, with construction targeted for 2026. It's still facing a nuisance lawsuit and local opposition. In April 2024, residents asked Fannin County for a 3-year wind-turbine moratorium.
• 🔗 Links: Cielo project page · KSST on the lawsuit

Withdrawn or stalled in Fannin County:

• ⏸️ BT Masroor BESS near Bogart (~200 MWh on 10.57 acres): it signed a 100% county tax abatement in 2022, but its queue position is now suspended (agreement).
• 🏚️ Valley Steam Electric Station (1,069 MW): retired June 2015. Its transmission lines are a big reason developers are interested in Savoy.

📖 Curious about Fannin County living? Read Bonham, Texas: one of North Texas' oldest towns.

Where are the data centers in Collin County, TX?

This is Texoma's real data-center hub. Collin County has about 230 MW operating, with 150 MW more planned or under construction (Compute Atlas). The good news for homeowners is that they're grouped in three established office and industrial areas, not next to subdivisions:

• 🏢 East Plano along Plano Parkway, Summit Avenue and N. Star Road
• 🏢 West Plano's Legacy business park
• 🏢 Allen off Chelsea Boulevard

Aligned DFW-04 (Lambda AI data center)

• 📍 Location: N. Star Road, Plano. Sources list the address as either 401 or 601 N. Star Road. View approximate location
• ⚡ Size: 425,000 sq ft, two stories, on 44 acres, with its own substation. Connect CRE reports 72 MW delivered in 9 MW steps, while Compute Atlas lists 100 MW. Aligned's own announcement doesn't state a MW figure.
• 🏗️ Status & dates: Under construction. The first 9 MW phase was due around June 2026, with full completion in 2027. A tracker still showed it as "under construction" on September 21, 2026. Aligned announced it May 7, 2025, as a liquid-cooled building designed for Nvidia Blackwell chips.
• 👷 Investment: $700 million. The anchor tenant is Lambda, an Nvidia-backed GPU cloud company.
• 🔗 Links: Aligned press release · Connect CRE · REBusinessOnline

What it means: This is the only new AI-scale build in our 12 counties. Because it's in an existing east Plano data-center cluster with its own substation, it fits the area's current use. For residential buyers, it's a sign of steady tech employment along the US 75 corridor.

Collin County's existing data centers at a glance

Other Collin County items

• 🖥️ BlockchAIn "Collin County AI GPU Hosting Site": 75 MW, no site announced, letter-of-intent stage, targeting Q3 2027 (DCD). It's a single-source item, so treat it as early-stage.
• 🔋 Farmersville battery: 10 MW, operating since April 2024, owner not disclosed (Cleanview).
• ☀️ Utility-scale solar or gas in Collin: none found.

Mislabeled as Collin: Digital Realty's Richardson campus, CyrusOne DFW6 and 365 Data Centers are actually in Dallas County. Project Tomahawk in Prosper appears to be on the Denton County side (see below).

Local rules: moratoriums, resolutions, zoning and tax abatement fights

Across Texoma, local governments are acting before developers show up. Each state gives them different tools. Oklahoma counties have limited zoning power, so Choctaw County used a blanket permit pause. Texas counties have almost no land-use authority, so they've leaned on resolutions and tax-abatement leverage. Cities with zoning have written special-permit rules.

Oklahoma

• ⏸️ Choctaw County moratorium (May 18, 2026): a 365-day pause on accepting, processing or issuing permits for data centers, server farms, cloud-computing and crypto-mining facilities. It runs to about May 2027. KXII reports it came in response to the Boswell project (Hugo News).
• 🗣️ Atoka County (June 2026): a packed commissioners' meeting on data-center rumors and zoning questions. The outcome is paywalled (Atoka County Times).
• 🚫 City of Ardmore (Feb–Mar 2026): the Planning Commission rejected data-center rezoning 7-0, and the applicant withdrew.
• 🤝 Tishomingo, Seminole, McAlester and Pittsburg County (2025): nonbinding partnership steps toward the Atoka Energy Park.
• 🌎 Statewide context: the Seminole Nation banned AI data centers, the Muscogee Nation rejected one, and we found no position from the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations (KOSU). Oklahoma City paused new data centers through the end of 2026.

Texas counties

• 📜 Grayson County Resolution 26-009 (March 17, likely 2026): conditional support for data centers. It opposes open-loop evaporative cooling and heavy use of drinking water, protects farmland and ratepayers, and asks the Legislature to act. The document itself says 2025, but the context points to 2026 (resolution).
• 📜 Cooke County resolution (May 11, 2026): asks for state transparency and county authority over data centers and opposes open-loop evaporative cooling (resolution).
• 📜 Fannin County resolution (March 31, 2026): a data-center resolution was adopted (resolution).
• 💰 Fannin County tax abatements: the county's abatement policy lapsed, and in May 2026 State Rep. Shelley Luther urged the county to deny abatements for batteries and data centers. On June 9, commissioners voted 4-1 to create a 7-member tax abatement committee, with Judge Newt Cunningham opposed (North Texas e-News).
• 💰 Grayson County abatement precedent: commissioners denied Galactic Solar's abatement 5-0 in 2022.

Texas cities

• 🏙️ Denison (May 2026): Planning & Zoning unanimously recommended limiting data centers to industrial zones with a conditional use permit. The council held a hearing May 18. KTEN reported that the city set guidelines, but we couldn't find the final vote count or ordinance number (KTEN).
• 🏙️ Sherman (May 2026): after the data-center piece was pulled, the city said it would study ordinances and form an advisory group. As of September 2026, no ordinance had been adopted.
• 🏙️ Princeton (June 2026): adopted a data-center definition, standards and a Specific Use Permit requirement. It's a permit requirement, not a ban (City of Princeton).

The Texas statewide data-center grid-connection pause

In early August 2026, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause on approving new data-center connections to the Texas grid while the state audits ERCOT's interconnection queue. ERCOT put its large-load review on hold. As of September 21, 2026, the pause was still in effect. The audit covers a 474 GW queue, and about 90% of it is data centers. The PUC adopted revised interconnection rules that same day (Utility Dive; CBS Texas).

What that means locally:

• ⏸️ It slows any new Texas data-center load, like a Savoy/Bells data center, BlockchAIn's Collin site, or the Cooke County sites being considered.
• ✅ It helps projects that already have substations, like Aligned DFW-04.
• ⚡ It doesn't apply to power generation like Rayburn Energy Station II or Black Mountain's gas queue entry.
• 🌉 It doesn't touch Oklahoma, which is on a different grid. That means developers may look north across the Red River to places like Boswell and Atoka.

Just outside our 12 counties: projects that still matter to Texoma

• 🏭 IREN Project Emerald, Pittsburg County, OK: proposed on about 2,000 acres south of Kiowa, just north of Atoka County. It's described as a $50 billion campus at 1.2 GW per phase, with 40 permanent jobs per phase and an 85% property-tax abatement above 550 MW. Commissioners tabled its incentive districts on June 22, 2026, and in September residents were pushing for a public vote. A Pittsburg County commissioner warned it could shift south into Atoka County, but that was a conditional warning, not a plan (NonDoc; FOX23).
• 🚫 Project Tomahawk, Prosper, TX: a $580 million, 225,000 sq ft data center on about 37 acres east of FM 1385. The developer's own site places it in Denton County, though some news outlets said Collin. After heavy public opposition (reports differ on whether Prosper's P&Z formally voted), the developer withdrew it on September 8, 2026 (developer site; Community Impact).
• 🔋 Energy Vault "McMurtre" BESS, Hunt County, TX: 175 MW / 350 MWh, targeting December 2027. It neighbors Fannin and Collin counties (Energy Vault).
• 🌬️ Bug Tussle Wind Ranch, Lamar County, TX: the main footprint is in Lamar, with part in Fannin.
• 🌬️ Diamond Spring Wind, Murray and Pontotoc counties, OK: the same project as Johnston County's.
• 🏙️ Black Mountain's $10B Fort Worth data center: the same developer as the Fannin gas entry. It stalled with Fort Worth leaders (Fort Worth Report).
• 🏢 Richardson data centers in Dallas County: Digital Realty, CyrusOne DFW6 and 365 Data Centers are often mislabeled as Collin.

What this means for Texoma real estate

Here's our honest take as local agents. Nobody can promise you what a specific project will do to a specific home's value, and we won't make up numbers. What we can do is help you ask the right questions.

👷 Jobs and housing demand

The confirmed projects are bringing construction crews. Rayburn Energy Station II expects about 250 construction workers in Sherman through summer 2028. Twelvemile Solar projected up to 350 peak construction jobs in western Bryan County. The Hugo gas expansion starts construction in early 2027. Crews like these often look for rentals and short-term housing nearby. Permanent jobs are much smaller: 14 at RES II, and about 10 each at the Diamond Spring and Wildcat Creek wind farms.

🌾 Opportunity for landowners

Across our area, solar, wind and battery projects are built on leased private land, and gas plants and pipelines need sites and easements. If you own acreage near a major substation or transmission line, developers may call you. Before you sign a lease or option:

• 📝 Have a real estate attorney review it.
• 🔎 Understand how long the term is, what happens at decommissioning, and whether the lease transfers when you sell.
• 📊 Remember that most grid-queue requests never get built. Johnston County alone has 11 withdrawn entries.

🏫 Property tax base

Large projects can add a lot to the local tax base. LRE projects about $29 million in state and local property tax over the life of Twelvemile 1 & 2. Pattern expects Phoenix Solar to pay $13 million to Bonham ISD over 35 years. On the other hand, tax abatements reduce those payments, which is exactly what's being debated in Fannin County right now. Both sides make fair points. Abatements can attract investment, but residents want to know the community gets enough in return.

⚡ Utility rates and the grid

Supporters say new generation like RES II and the Hugo expansion adds needed capacity as demand grows. Critics worry that large data-center loads could push costs onto regular ratepayers, which is one reason Grayson County's resolution talks about protecting ratepayers. The Texas audit is expected to take months, so this question is still open.

💧 Water

Water is the big question for data centers in our area. Grayson and Cooke counties have both come out against open-loop evaporative cooling, which uses a lot of water. Some operators use different designs. CyrusOne's Allen campus uses water-free cooling, for example. If a data center is proposed near you, ask what cooling system it will use and where the water will come from.

🔊 Noise, views and safety

• ☀️ Solar farms are quiet once they're running. The main change is the view.
• 🌬️ Wind turbines can be seen for miles, especially on ridgelines like Wildhorse Mountain.
• 🔋 Battery storage raised fire-safety concerns in Savoy. That's why the settlement there funded first-responder training and equipment.
• 🏭 Gas plants bring construction traffic and industrial activity, which is part of why Sherman's is on an existing industrial site.

✅ What to check before buying near an energy or data-center project

• 📏 Distance: how far is the property from the project boundary, the substation and any new transmission lines?
• 🗺️ Zoning: inside city limits (Denison, Sherman, Princeton, Ardmore), check the current zoning and any data-center permit rules. Outside city limits, especially in Texas, counties have very little zoning control.
• 🏛️ County rules: Is there a moratorium (Choctaw County)? A resolution (Grayson, Cooke, Fannin)? A pending abatement vote?
• 📜 Easements: pull the title work and look for pipeline, transmission, wind or solar easements. The Bennington-to-Hugo pipeline and the Lone Grove–Kiowa line are good examples.
• 📰 Watch corridors: US 82 from Bells to Savoy, the Boswell area on the Bryan/Choctaw line, and the Hwy 69 corridor into Atoka are where the open questions are right now.
• 🤝 Ask your agent: a local agent should know what's been proposed nearby and help you find the public records. That's part of our job.

How we verified this list

We built this list from developer and utility announcements, state and federal filings (the regional grid queues, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, TCEQ, USDA), county and city documents, and local news from KXII, KTEN and others. When sources disagreed, we used the developer's own figure and noted the conflict. We didn't include anything we couldn't trace to a source. Some local papers were paywalled or unreachable (Herald Democrat, Durant Democrat, Fannin County Leader, and parts of Hugo News and the Atoka County Times). So when we say something was "not found," it means we couldn't find it in the sources we could access, not that it doesn't exist.

Still unconfirmed (single source or tracker only):

• ❓ Williams gas plant + data center near Boswell (only KXII names Williams, with no size, site or permit)
• ❓ Atoka Energy Park's "$4 billion / 972 MW" and the Prismecs role (advocacy timeline only)
• ❓ Artemis Data Center, Atoka (tracker listing only)
• ❓ IREN "moving south to Atoka County" (a commissioner's conditional warning, not a plan)
• ❓ SmartTec Mead details (company-reported; acreage conflict of 30 vs 39.39 acres)
• ❓ Black Mountain "AI facility" / Savoy–Bells data center (public comment and a judge's remark only)
• ❓ Fannin County Power Plant, 446 MW (one tracker only; connection to Black Mountain unknown)
• ❓ Choctaw Fields battery (2023 filing only)
• ❓ Twelvemile Solar 3 exact location
• ❓ Recurrent Energy's Valley View solar (single meeting summary)
• ❓ BlockchAIn's Collin site, the Evocative DAL6 renovation, and the Farmersville battery owner (one source each)
• ❓ Denison's final data-center ordinance vote and the exact date of Grayson Resolution 26-009
• ❓ Size conflicts: Platinum BESS (300 / 310 / 348 MW), Wildcat Creek (167 / 175 / 180 MW), Aligned DFW-04 (72 vs 100 MW)

Last updated September 27, 2026. Projects change fast, and we'll update this guide as filings and announcements come in.

📚 Keep reading: more Texoma guides from Brian & Jonelle

• Brand-New in Sherman: every new construction neighborhood worth a look
• Durant, OK's new construction boom
• Highland Homes incentives in Sherman, Denison & Van Alstyne
• Army Corps dock permitting on Lake Texoma
• Coalgate, Oklahoma: small town, big history
• McGee Creek State Park in Atoka County
• Bonham, Texas: one of North Texas' oldest towns

Frequently asked questions about Texoma data centers and power plants

Is a big AI data center being built in Texoma?

Not on the Oklahoma side of Texoma, and not in Grayson, Cooke or Fannin counties, at least as of September 2026. The only new AI-scale data center in our 12 counties is Aligned DFW-04 in Plano (Collin County). Proposals in Ardmore and Sherman were withdrawn, and the ones near Boswell, Savoy and Atoka are still unconfirmed.

What is the new power plant in Sherman, TX?

It's Rayburn Energy Station II, a $685 million, 570 MW natural gas peaker plant at 510 Progress Drive, next to the existing Rayburn Energy Station. It broke ground June 9, 2026, and is expected online in summer 2028.

Is the Atoka "Artemis" data center real?

We can't confirm it. It shows up only as a "planned" listing on one tracking website, and the listed company's website doesn't mention Atoka. There's no site, size or permit on record.

How big is the SmartTec data center in Mead, OK?

It's small. SmartTec describes roughly 30–39 acres, 64 GPUs drawing about 114 kW (0.114 MW), and a 3 MVA transformer targeted for commissioning in October 2026.

Where is the Durant solar farm?

There are a few. Twelvemile Solar 1 & 2 (153 MW, for Google) sits near State Highways 78 and 199, northwest of Durant, and started operating in July 2026. OG&E also runs two smaller solar farms in Durant, one of them with the Choctaw Nation.

Does Choctaw County have a data-center ban?

It has a temporary moratorium, not a permanent ban. Adopted May 18, 2026, it pauses data-center permits for 365 days, to about May 2027.

Did Texas stop new data centers?

In early August 2026, Texas paused approvals of new data-center connections to the state grid while it audits ERCOT's queue. As of late September 2026, the pause was still in effect. It doesn't apply to new power plants, and it doesn't apply in Oklahoma.

Will a nearby solar farm or power plant lower my home's value?

There's no single answer, and we won't guess with made-up numbers. It depends on distance, views, the type of project, and local rules. The best move is to research the specific project and property, check easements and zoning, and talk with a local agent before you buy.

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