Data center campus
GW Ranch (Pacifico Energy)
GW Ranch is an announced AI data center campus. 5 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Permitted · Private land · ERCOT · Fort Stockton, Texas, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced
5 GW
reported
Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded
Announced-to-energized gap: 5 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 5 GW | 2026-01-26 | reported | press release |
The deal
- developer
- Pacifico Energy · Permit holder Pacifico GW LLC
- utility
- Pacifico Energy · Owns/operates private island grid
Power
- Power source
- mixed
- Grid operator
- ERCOT
- Interconnection
GW Ranch gas generation, 7.65 GW gas, Announced. TCEQ air permit issued for up to 7.65 GW gas turbines
Sources
- Pacifico Energy Secures 7.65 GW Power Generation Permit for GW Ranch Project
- Country's Largest Air Pollution Permit Issued to Power Plant for Data Centers in West Texas
- Preliminary Determination Summary — Pacifico GW LLC
33c65299-63d4-4b41-8137-93839680e5f3 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.