Data centers in Webb County, Texas

Data City, Texas (Energy Abundance; announced, no filings found)

Energy Abundance Development Corporation (formerly Green Hydrogen International Corp.)

Lead / unconfirmed Announced Mar 2025 (company claim); no groundbreaking, filing or application found as of Oct 18, 2026

Size: Up to 5 GW on 50,000 acres; first phase 300 MW and 1M sq ft targeted for 2026 (company claim). The release's image caption says 6 GW at full build.

• Company claim Energy Abundance release (Mar 21, 2025): 5 GW 'behind-the-meter' hub on 50,000 acres near Laredo; first 300 MW and 1M sq ft 'set to launch in 2026', expanding to 5 GW and 15M+ sq ft. Image caption says 6 GW when fully built. prnewswire.com ↗
• Company claim Same release: 'fully islanded from ERCOT'; wind, solar, batteries and dual-fuel gas turbines, initially on Texas natural gas, later green hydrogen from the company's 'adjacent' 2 TWh Hydrogen City salt dome storage. No solar, wind or battery sizes given. prnewswire.com ↗
• Company claim Hydrogen City was announced in 2022 by Green Hydrogen International (the same company, renamed) and is centered on the Piedras Pintas salt dome in Duval County, not Webb County. prnewswire.com ↗
• News report DCD (Mar 21, 2025): company has not given a timescale for the full 5 GW; Hydrogen City's first phase is not set to come online until 2028. datacenterdynamics.com ↗
• News report ProTexas Industry (late 2025): Laredo EDC CEO David Steadman called it 'primarily solar' on 50,000 acres and said developers were finalizing their capital stack, expecting to break ground in Q1 2026. protexasindustry.com ↗
• News report Laredo Morning Times via GovTech (Aug 5, 2026): city planning staff said no data center application had been filed in Laredo, and Webb County reported no application for a similar project. govtech.com ↗
• News report Texas Tribune (Sep 9, 2026): Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina said he hasn't been approached about any data centers; Data City 'has been discussed' in the county. texastribune.org ↗
• Official record ERCOT GIS report (Sept 2026, published Oct 1): 19 Webb County generation entries (solar, wind, battery); none is gas-fired or tied to Energy Abundance or Data City. The company says the site would be off the ERCOT grid, so it may never appear here. ercot.com ↗
• Company claim Energy Abundance website homepage (checked Oct 18, 2026) mentions AI data center hubs in general but has no Data City page or update. energyabundance.com ↗
• Official record TDLR TABS searched Oct 18 2026 (owner, project and facility names, address and county filters, 2023 onward): no registration found for this site. tdlr.texas.gov ↗

Last checked 2026-10-18. Not counted in our project totals until an official record confirms it.