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Crusoe Nolan County data center campus
Crusoe Energy Systems, LLC (or subsidiary)
- Status
- Approved (tax abatement)
- Developer / parties
- Crusoe Energy Systems, LLC (or subsidiary)
- Location
- Sweetwater area (reinvestment zone in central Nolan County), Nolan County
- Size
- 200 MW rated-capacity data center campus incl. a natural gas power plant (Nolan County minutes)
- Investment
- Estimated cost of improvements in excess of $7B (Nolan County minutes); a report syndicated on Yahoo News (Apr 16 2026) gives $70M
- Reported benefits
- More than $3M/yr in payments in lieu of taxes and over $2M/yr in charitable contributions (KTXS); ~2,000 construction workers and ~40 permanent jobs (County Judge, per Yahoo News report)
- Concerns / impacts
- Water: agreement includes water restrictions, metered wells and penalties (KTXS; Yahoo News report)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-05
Milestones
- Mar 9 2026 county designated the Crusoe Energy – Nolan County Reinvestment Zone
- Apr 13 2026 Commissioners Court unanimously approved the Crusoe Ch. 312 abatement agreement "with the water restriction changes, and gift percent changed to 10%" (minutes)
- 10-year abatement (KTXS)
- construction scheduled to begin early May 2026 (Yahoo News report)
Related records
2026-04-13
Tax abatement Official record
Minutes: court unanimously approves Crusoe Ch. 312 abatement for 200 MW data center campus with gas plant, est. over $7B.
Source: co.nolan.tx.us ↗2026-04-13
News News report
KTXS: Nolan County approves 10-year abatement for $7B Crusoe data center; $3M+/yr PILOT, $2M+/yr charitable contributions.
Source: ktxs.com ↗Sources
- Official record co.nolan.tx.us
- News report ktxs.com
- News report yahoo.com
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