Data Center Registry
Project Aquila
Hill County, Texas
Project Aquila is a proposed data center in Texas (Hill County), operated by RCM Hill, LLC. The public record puts it at 1.2 GW planned, 800 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
- RCM Hill, LLC
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Hill County, TX
- Coordinates
- 32.0300, -97.1300
- Power capacity
- 1.2 GW planned
- Land
- 800 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative / Hilco Electric Cooperative (via Lone Star Transmission and ERCOT interconnection)
- 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
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Project Aquila in Hill County, Texas is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Hill County's 1-year moratorium (passed 3-2, May 12, 2026) was rescinded June 4, 2026 after RCM Hill filed a $100M federal lawsuit, which remains active seeking damages.
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.
Hill County's 1-year moratorium (passed 3-2, May 12, 2026) was rescinded June 4, 2026 after RCM Hill filed a $100M federal lawsuit, which remains active seeking damages.
Power and water
RCM Hill LLC's Project Aquila is a planned 1,235 MW data center on 800+ contiguous acres in unincorporated Hill County, TX.
Notes on the record
Unincorporated Hill County, near Hillsboro, ~55 mi south of Fort Worth. $80M+ land acquisition. A $61.75M ERCOT 'Batch Zero' capacity deposit was due July 24, 2026. 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 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.
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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.
- Nexus Hubbard Data Center & Power Campus · Hubbard · Nexus Data Centers25 mi · Under construction · 612 MW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Project Aquila data center in Hill County, Texas?
Yes. Project Aquila in Hill County, Texas is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Hill County's 1-year moratorium (passed 3-2, May 12, 2026) was rescinded June 4, 2026 after RCM Hill filed a $100M federal lawsuit, which remains active seeking damages.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Aquila 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 Project Aquila use?
No water withdrawal figure for Project Aquila 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 Project Aquila, and how big is it?
RCM Hill, LLC is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 800 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Aquila," updated July 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/rcm-hill-project-aquila-hill-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/rcm-hill-project-aquila-hill-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.Data center developer files lawsuit against Hill County moratorium · KWTX · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 2.KWTX: Hill County Commissioners Court rescinds moratorium on data center in the wake of lawsuit · retrieved July 24, 2026
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