Black Mountain

August 10, 2026

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In Texas, Commissioner Miller's moratorium call and Weatherford's January 2025 zoning prohibition on data centers (which doesn't reach unincorporated Parker County, where Black Mountain assembled its acreage) show the same dynamic playing out under ERCOT and PUCT jurisdiction.

May 22, 2026

In Fort Worth, Black Mountain bought 2,000+ acres in Parker County and secured TCEQ approval for five gas turbines after Weatherford's council declined to add data centers to its zoning code.

March 13, 2026

Fort Worth: Black Mountain's $10 billion campus hit its third rezoning delay.

February 28, 2026

This adjacency sidesteps the grid interconnection delays plaguing other Texas projects. CyrusOne President John Hatem confirmed the company operates roughly 20 Texas campuses already, leasing to Microsoft, Meta, and Google. The transaction structure raises questions: the land is owned by Fort Worth-based Black Mountain, an energy conglomerate, and state records show "Fort Worth Power Core" (sharing Black Mountain's office address) holds active TCEQ air quality permits for the project across 10 counties.

February 13, 2026

Fort Worth City Council tabled a vote on Black Mountain's request to rezone 80 additional acres for its planned $10 billion data center campus.