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Hunt County, Texas is located in northeast Texas and contains the city of Greenville, which has attracted data center development due to its proximity to major fiber optic routes and available industrial land.
July 29, 2026
AMD's 15-Year Lease Only Pays Off If West Texas Transmission Lands on TimeAMD directly leased 377 MW at Pecos, Hunt County, and Muskogee, plus reservation rights on up to 1,925 MW more through December 2028, which could push the partnership toward 2.5 GW.
May 5, 2026
Seven Hyperscalers Sign On: Self-Funded Power Is the New Permit PriceRisk: closed-loop efficiency arguments collapse without verified offsets and contractual teeth, and Texas counties have minimal land-use authority to mediate the conversation when residents like Hunt County's Anne Thornton arrive at it directly.
April 29, 2026
2,600 GW Stuck in Queue. The Winners Build Their Own Power.But Hunt County's Core Scientific friction shows that "no permitting authority" doesn't mean "no opposition."
March 23, 2026
NextEra Bets $16 Billion That Texas Demand Is RealMeanwhile, Core Scientific is bringing a 430MW proposal to Hunt County commissioners after failing to notify local officials before acquiring its 265-acre site, a misstep that's already created friction.
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ERCOT
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Core Scientific
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Meta
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FERC
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Oracle
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NERC
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Imperial Valley, CA
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Galaxy Digital
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Pecos, TX
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