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# AEP Texas AEP Texas is a subsidiary of American Electric Power that operates as a regulated utility providing electricity transmission and distribution services to customers in central, north-central, and east Texas.
August 4, 2026
Every Queued Project Must Now Prove Water and Generation, With No End Date SetBeacon Point has secured one gigawatt of utility capacity through an interconnection agreement with AEP Texas, built around NVIDIA's DSX design across two 352 MW phases.
July 25, 2026
Abbott Sets Five Site Standards, and East Texas Is the First TestHut 8 signed a second 15-year lease at its Nueces County Beacon Point campus for 352 MW, bringing signed IT capacity to 704 MW worth $19.6B in base-term value against 1,000 MW of AEP Texas capacity.
July 21, 2026
Nueces County Campus Goes From Greenfield to Full Lease in MonthsHut 8 secured 1,000 MW of AEP Texas interconnection capacity before lease execution, then moved from greenfield to full commercialization in months, not years.
July 9, 2026
89% of New Power Requests Are Datacenters. Abbott Wants Guardrails.The Energy Department finalized a $3.26 billion loan to AEP Texas for roughly 100 transmission projects spanning 2,800 miles, expected to double statewide power-carrying capacity.
June 9, 2026
Deliverable Demand Is the New Dividing Line in ERCOT's QueueHut 8's Beacon Point in Nueces County shows the disciplined version: a 1,000 MW interconnection agreement with AEP Texas, $4.25 billion in construction financing, a dedicated substation funded entirely by the developer, and committed load-shedding priority for residents, hospitals, and schools.
May 16, 2026
Beacon Point Sets the 1-GW Template While 300 GW Wait in QueueHut 8's Beacon Point pairs AEP Texas utility interconnection with NVIDIA, Vertiv, and a take-or-pay anchor tenant.
February 17, 2026
Texas Confronts the Gap Between Hyperscale Ambition and Grid RealityAEP Texas added 23 GW to its hyperscaler load pipeline since October (bringing its Texas total to 36 GW under letters of agreement).
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