Data Center Registry
Fort Spunky
Hood County, Texas · All 2 Pacifico Energy sites
Fort Spunky is a proposed data center in Texas (Hood County), operated by Pacifico Energy. The public record puts it at 100 MW planned, 862 acres. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Pacifico Energy
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Hood County, TX
- Coordinates
- 32.4200, -97.7800
- Power capacity
- 100 MW planned
- Land
- 862 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- In litigation
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- March 2026ProposedConcept plan was approved, then revoked by county commissioners 3-2 in March 2026; developer has since filed a lawsuit against the county. Source: Texas Tribune
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Fort Spunky in Hood County, Texas is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Approval revoked and now contested via developer lawsuit against Hood County.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.
Approval revoked and now contested via developer lawsuit against Hood County.
Power and water
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Pacifico Energy's famous 5-7.65GW off-grid gas project ('GW Ranch') is a DIFFERENT, DISTINCT project located in Pecos County, TX, not this site.
Notes on the record
862 acres, across the Brazos River from the Pecan Plantation community. Water draw up to 20,000 gal/day. Coordinates are approximate.
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
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- MARA Granbury Facility · Granbury · MARA Holdings2 mi · Operating · 300 MW · In litigation
- Big Digital Energy-10NetZero Hood County AI Data Center Campus · Big Digital Energy, Inc. / 10NetZero, Inc. (50/50 joint venture)2 mi · Proposed · 311 MW
- Comanche Circle · Tolar · Sailfish Digital Ventures (SDV)6 mi · Proposed · 2 GW · Contested
- AWS Project Spectrum (Somervell/Hood County) · Amazon Data Services, Inc.13 mi · Proposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Fort Spunky data center in Hood County, Texas?
Yes. Fort Spunky in Hood County, Texas is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Approval revoked and now contested via developer lawsuit against Hood County.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Fort Spunky data center?
Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.
How much water does Fort Spunky use?
No water withdrawal figure for Fort Spunky 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 Fort Spunky, and how big is it?
Pacifico Energy is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 100 MW. The site is recorded at 862 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Fort Spunky," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/fort-spunky-pacifico-energy-hood-county-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/fort-spunky-pacifico-energy-hood-county-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.Texas data centers: Hood County, local control, rural water and power · Texas Tribune · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 2.KBTX: Eight data centers threaten to transform this small Texas county (Fort Spunky name, 862 acres, 100MW grid request, water-permit lawsuit) · retrieved July 24, 2026
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