West Texas

April 9, 2026

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Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

Microsoft, Chevron, and Engine No. 1 are in exclusive talks over a $7 billion, 2,500 MW gas plant in West Texas.

March 27, 2026

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El Paso Gets a Gigawatt, and One Congresswoman Has Questions About the Gas

In water-scarce regions like West Texas and Southern Nevada, that swap may be worth it, but developers must model both sides.

March 21, 2026

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Illinois and New York Are Closing. Texas Has a Window.

The company's ExoRise unit is already selling "powered land" in West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada, compressing deployment timelines by bundling energy and site development.

March 13, 2026

West Texas transmission capacity has direct datacenter implications.

March 3, 2026

The GW Ranch project in West Texas takes this to its logical extreme: an 8,000-acre facility generating its own electricity from on-site gas and solar, consuming more power than all of Chicago while avoiding ERCOT interconnection queues altogether.

February 21, 2026

The GW Ranch project in West Texas will generate its own power via natural gas and solar across 8,000 acres, consuming more electricity than Chicago.

February 12, 2026

Operators relying on behind-the-meter wells or private water contracts face new disclosure obligations that could complicate site selection in drought-prone West Texas, the Permian Basin, and Central Texas.