Data Center Registry
Data City, Texas
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
Data City, Texas is a proposed data center in Laredo, Texas (Webb County), operated by Energy Abundance Development Corporation. The public record puts it at 5 GW planned, 50,000 acres. The record for this site rests on a single unverified source and should be read that way.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Energy Abundance Development Corporation
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Laredo, Webb County, TX
- Coordinates
- 27.5306, -99.4803 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 5 GW planned
- Land
- 50,000 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Rumored: a single unverified source
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Data City, Texas in Laredo, Webb County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Claimed 100% behind-the-meter: wind, solar, batteries, and dual-fuel gas turbines initially on Texas natural gas, later shifting toward green hydrogen; paired with a proposed 2 TWh 'Hydrogen City' salt-dome hydrogen storage concept.
Notes on the record
Early-stage developer announcement (Mar 21 2025) for a 5 GW behind-the-meter data center hub on ~50,000 acres near Laredo (Webb County), targeting large AI workloads with direct-to-chip liquid cooling. Phase 1 stated as 300 MW / ~1M sq ft in 2026, scaling to 5 GW / 15M+ sq ft. Highly speculative: primary source is a single promotional press release; no permit, interconnection, or construction evidence located. Coordinate anchored on Laredo. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Checked the operator's launch press release and one regional business-journal writeup (2026-09-10); both cover only the developer's technical vision (50,000-acre, off-grid/islanded from ERCOT) with no mention of a public hearing, Laredo city/county government reaction, or resident feedback. No community-reception record found in either source.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Data City, Texas data center in Laredo?
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Data City, Texas in Laredo, Webb County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Data City, Texas data center?
No lawsuit over Data City, Texas appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Data City, Texas use?
No water withdrawal figure for Data City, Texas is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Data City, Texas, and how big is it?
Energy Abundance Development Corporation is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 5 GW. The site is recorded at 50000 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Data City, Texas," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/data-city-energy-abundance-laredo-tx.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/data-city-energy-abundance-laredo-tx, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Energy Abundance announces Data City, Texas (press release, Mar 21 2025) · PR Newswire / Energy Abundance Development Corporation · retrieved July 14, 2026
- 2.Up to 5GW data center with behind-the-meter hydrogen power promised for Laredo, Texas · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 14, 2026
- 3.Data City Texas, project listing · Baxtel · retrieved July 14, 2026
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