Houston-based Calpine Corp on 30 July announced a new 190 MW agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a prominent global data centre developer and operator, to serve a new data centre adjacent to the Thad Hill Energy Centre in Bosque County, Texas. The deal secures power, grid connection, and land to support a new ‘state of the art’ facility that is currently under construction and expected to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2026.
The campus, named DFW10, is being constructed by CyrusOne, which is backed by leading investment firms. The multiphase campus will encompass more than 190 000 sq ft in the first phase, with scalable capacity to meet future demand. With a focus on sustainability and reliability, it will feature climate-neutral initiatives, water conservation, biodiversity protection, and capabilities to respond during ERCOT grid emergencies. The project represents a $1.2 billion infrastructure investment.
State Representative Angelia Orr commented: “This partnership is a win for Bosque County and for Texas. By bringing together world-class energy infrastructure and cutting-edge data centre development, Calpine and CyrusOne are helping to power the future while investing in rural communities like ours … that keep Texas at the forefront of economic growth and technology.”
Calpine’s 9000 MW of generation and wholesale and retail platform in ERCOT will be capable of delivering up to 400 MWs to data centres located in Bosque, Texas. This solution is said to offer a combination of scale, reliability, and generation capacity for large-load, mission-critical users such as hyperscale data centre operators, while supporting reliability and the ERCOT grid.
