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Texas Critical Ector Data Center: New Era Energy & Digital
Early works / site prep

The Permian's flagship gas-to-AI campus: a 438-acre, 1+ GW hybrid build in Penwell that New Era took full control of in March 2026, with Stream Data Centers slated to operate and a CO2-battery twist on the behind-the-meter playbook.

1.0 GWPlanned power
Developer
New Era Energy & Digital (NASDAQ: NUAI) + Primary Digital Infrastructure (capital partner)
Owner
New Era Energy & Digital: 100% after $70M Sharon AI buyout (Mar 2026)
Tenant
Hyperscalers, enterprise AI, HPC operators (marketing)
Power detail
Master-planned 1+ GW: Phase 1 200 MW grid; Phase 2 450 MW BTM gas (Thunderhead 250 MW + EYP 400 MW power-island designs); Phase 3 to 1+ GW. New Era's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q (Aug 2026) states 757 MW combined for Phases 1 and 2, above the 650 MW those phase figures sum to; both are carried until the company reconciles them.
Power source
Hybrid: ERCOT grid Phase 1 (near Vistra/Calpine combined-cycle plants); 450 MW+ on-site gas Phases 2 to 3 with Energy Dome CO2 Battery Plus and Mawgan DZP carbon program
Cooling
Closed-loop high-density liquid cooling
Compute
AI/GPU clustering, HPC cloud
Construction start
Q4 2025 (site prep); full construction 2026
Est. completion
Phase 1 grid online late 2026; Phase 2 power commissioning late 2027
Grid strategy
Hybrid (grid + on-site)
County
Ector
Nearest city
Penwell, west of Odessa
Announced
2026-03-31