Pacifico Energy

September 19, 2026

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PUCT Locks $50K/MW Study Bond Into 16 TAC 25.194, Effective Oct 8

August 11, 2026

Amazon's GW Ranch campus in Pecos County pairs the load with a dedicated 7.65 GW natural gas plant from Pacifico Energy, permitted to run disconnected from ERCOT at first and "designed to transition to grid-connected service as interconnection timelines allow," with the company stating it will pay full power costs and not raise household bills.

August 8, 2026

The GW Ranch project, developed by Pacifico Energy, supplies the campus directly and avoids shifting grid costs to ratepayers.

April 25, 2026

Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch in West Texas is building 7.65 GW of gas with 1.8 GW of storage.

March 25, 2026

Pacifico Energy, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Diamondback Energy are constructing private gas-fired power plants in West Texas to feed data centers directly, sidestepping ERCOT's interconnection queue.

February 23, 2026

Pacifico Energy's GW Ranch in Pecos County secured the largest air pollution permit ever issued in the U.S. for a 7.65 GW gas and data center complex, authorized to emit up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases.

February 18, 2026

Muhlenberg Township, Ohio imposed a 12-month moratorium on data centers after 700+ residents petitioned against a Pacifico Energy gas-plus-datacenter campus.

February 14, 2026

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued the country's largest air pollution permit to Pacifico Energy's 7.65 GW GW Ranch complex in Pecos County, authorizing up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, roughly 5% of Canada's total annual emissions.