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Dow operates chemical manufacturing facilities in Texas that consume significant electricity, including operations in Freeport that have been subject to state energy reliability discussions.
March 3, 2026
Gigawatt Ambitions, County-Level Resistance: Who Blinks First?Meanwhile, a four-reactor SMR proposal from Dow and X-energy in Calhoun County, Texas hit a wall when the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board intervened on financial-qualification grounds, injecting fresh uncertainty into nuclear-backed datacenter timelines in the state.
February 17, 2026
Texas Confronts the Gap Between Hyperscale Ambition and Grid RealityDow and X-energy plan to break ground by year-end on four 80 MW Xe-100 reactors at Dow's Seadrift site in Calhoun County, backed by $800 million from DOE.
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