Pecos County, TX

June 11, 2026

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Abbott Names July 17. The 2027 Rulebook Starts Getting Written Now.

Pecos and Carson counties, both recently in drought, are slated for two of Texas's largest new builds.

June 9, 2026

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Deliverable Demand Is the New Dividing Line in ERCOT's Queue

Texas anchors that pattern: Pecos County and Carson County are receiving major builds amid sustained drought, and Texas researchers project datacenters could hit 9% of state water consumption by 2040.

June 8, 2026

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Anchor Tenant, Signed Lease, Locked Power: ERCOT's New Cost of Entry

Poolside's 1.2 GW Project Horizon in Pecos County is doing the same with aero-derivative gas turbines, turbine deliveries locked in for just over a year.

June 3, 2026

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Sequencing Beats Ambition: Power, Water, and Politics Each Bind Separately

Poolside's Pecos County campus uses non-potable groundwater on a closed-loop design and consumes water equivalent to two acres of alfalfa daily.

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 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.