Brazoria County, TX

September 14, 2026

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Rowan's $4.2B Cleared Water and Power; One Zoning Vote Remains Sept. 17

July 23, 2026

San Marcos effectively banned via zoning June 16, Brazoria County passed a resolution June 10, and Missouri City now requires special permits plus energy and water disclosure.

May 18, 2026

But Brazoria County's "washing machine" complaints and Vantage's 1,200-acre, 1.4 GW Frontier campus outside Abilene show the friction is already here.

March 14, 2026

Sixty-five miles southwest of Houston, Brazoria County commissioners unanimously rejected four 10-year, 100% property tax abatements for Nightpeak Energy's $3.5 billion Old Ocean campus: two 310 MW datacenters paired with two 310 MW natural gas plants on 158 acres.

February 20, 2026

The deal's first $36 billion tranche also includes a $2.1 billion deepwater crude export terminal off Brazoria County, Texas, tied to the Texas GulfLink project.