Old Ocean Datacenter 1 and 2 + Bulldog Power (near Sweeny)

Status

Proposed / in development (county abatement denied)

Developer / parties

Nightpeak Energy (company); applicants Old Ocean Datacenter LLC, Old Ocean Datacenter 2 LLC, Bulldog Power LLC, Bulldog Power 2 LLC (Brazoria County records)

Location

Sweeny area (off FM 524, entrance between CR 359 and CR 360, per The Facts), Brazoria County

Size

~159 acres (county records); two 310 MW hyperscale data centers per the abatement filings (Old Ocean Datacenter LLC and Old Ocean Datacenter 2 LLC); Nightpeak lists 620 MW for the data center and 620 MW for Bulldog Power (company)

Investment

Each data center LLC: 'no less than $1,500,000,000' (county record); Bulldog Power LLC: no less than $250M (county record); ~$3B combined, 20 permanent jobs per the application (per The Facts); requested four 10-year, 100 percent abatements

Reported benefits

Several hundred construction jobs and ~30 operating jobs per the abatement applications (per The Facts); 20 permanent jobs per the application (per The Facts)

Concerns / impacts

Abatement denied 5-0 per Texas AI Docket summary (vote count not opened on an official page); jobs-to-tax-break ratio questioned by a commissioner (per The Facts)

Last verified

2026-10-27

Power

• Official record Bulldog Power: 310 MW gas-fired peaking plant on the same site (county); TCEQ EGU standard permit 176384: Brazoria County abatement filing: Bulldog Power LLC will build a 310 MW natural gas-fired peaking facility (at least $250M) in Reinvestment Zone 26-01. TCEQ registered EGU standard permit 176384 (May 22 2024) for Bulldog Power LLC's simple-cycle turbine near Sweeny (~200 MW nominal). The Facts says the plant would help power Old Ocean Datacenter 1 and 2. brazoriacountytx.legistar.com ↗
• Company claim Bulldog Power plant co-located with the data center (company): Nightpeak says Old Ocean Data Center will be co-located with the Bulldog combustion turbine power plant near Sweeny; Nightpeak lists Bulldog Power at 620 MW, targeted to operate in 2028 or earlier. nightpeak.energy ↗

Power and water projects tied to this data center: on-site or dedicated generation, utility and grid capacity deals, substations, water supply, reclaimed water and wastewater permits. Each item is labeled by source type.