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Project Star energy campus and adjacent Related Digital data center campus
Related Companies and NextEra Energy Resources (power campus JV); Related Digital (data center campus); Lewis Energy Group (land, produced water, natural gas)
- Status
- Announced
- Developer / parties
- Related Companies and NextEra Energy Resources (power campus JV); Related Digital (data center campus); Lewis Energy Group (land, produced water, natural gas)
- Location
- Encinal, La Salle County
- Size
- 6,472 MW natural gas power facility dedicated to supplying co-located data centers (U.S. Commerce Dept., official); 6.47 GW to supply a 5 GW data center campus that Related Digital is developing on an adjacent site, with excess power to the grid (company; Korea.net). The 5 GW figure appears only in company and Korean-government sources; no separate location is given for the data center campus
- Investment
- $22.3B for the power facility (U.S. Commerce Dept., official; company headline; Korea.net); the company release body says "$22+ billion"; data center campus cost not stated in any opened source
- Reported benefits
- Company: about 8,400 jobs at peak construction and about 170 permanent power-campus jobs
- Last verified
- 2026-10-06
Milestones
- Sep 30 2026 U.S. Commerce Department release: Korea and the U.S. intend to proceed with Project Star, led by Related Companies and NextEra, with Phase 1 commercial operation in 2029 and the full facility online in stages by 2032 (official)
- Sep 30 2026 announced as selected by the U.S. Commerce Department and Korea under their strategic investment MOU (company)
- Oct 1 2026 Korean and U.S. governments announced it as the first of three strategic investment projects (Korea.net, Korean government site)
- first phase commercial operation slated for 2029, full operation by 2032 (Korea.net)
- initial generation as early as 2029, subject to permitting and approvals (company). As of Oct 6 2026, no Project Star item was found in La Salle County Commissioners Court agendas (Jan 12 to Sep 28 2026), City of Encinal agendas posted for 2026, ERCOT's September 2026 GIS report for La Salle County, or TCEQ air permit applications received in La Salle County in 2026 (checked; none found)
Related records
Korea.net (Korean government site): Korea and U.S. pick Project Star as first strategic investment; first phase 2029, full operation 2032.
Source: korea.net ↗Texas Politics: 6,472 MW Project Star plant to supply adjacent AI data center campus of up to 5 GW; excess power to grid.
Source: texaspolitics.com ↗Related, NextEra and Lewis Energy announce $22.3B, 6.47 GW gas campus in Encinal to power adjacent 5 GW Related Digital data center campus.
Source: prnewswire.com ↗U.S. Commerce Dept.: Korea and U.S. to proceed with $22.3B, 6,472 MW gas plant in Encinal for co-located data centers.
Source: commerce.gov ↗Sources
- Company claim prnewswire.com
- News report korea.net
- News report texaspolitics.com
- Official record commerce.gov
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