Independent public-interest researchEvidence verified through July 26, 2026
Regional investigation

The FM 535 infrastructure corridor

AUS02, EDCAUS11, EDCAUS12, and Pacifico must be tracked as separate legal projects—and evaluated together where their infrastructure demands and impacts accumulate.

Claim status

An emerging cluster is an inference—with a traceable basis

The conclusion is based on the concentration, scale, timing, and addresses in four filed records. It is not proof that every project shares an owner, tenant, utility plan, or development agreement.

Project registry

Separate records, corrected identities

TDLR owner and status fields are reported precisely; unsupported affiliation claims are not carried forward.

CC-001Proposed / permitting

Pacifico Cedar Creek Generation Facility

A proposed 710 MW behind-the-meter natural-gas generation facility. The filing retains approximately 490 MW of associated IT load and anticipates a data-center operator as a primary off-taker for part of the output.

Owner of record
Pacifico Cedar Creek LLC
Filed location
382 Earl Callahan Road, Cedar Creek, Texas
Scale
~2,842 acres stated; listed parcels total ~2,810 acres
Filed cost
$2.237B applicant projection
Supplement 1 says the JETI project is the generation facility only. The anticipated adjacent data center is described as separate and third-party-owned.
Open primary record
FM535-001TDLR review complete

AUS02 Data Center

A filed two-story, fully sprinklered data center with site improvements.

Owner of record
DFW33220N, LLC
Filed location
8001 Wolf Lane, Building 2 / 6752 FM 535, Cedar Creek
Scale
578,000 sq ft
Filed cost
$440M filed estimate
This is an Architectural Barriers filing status. It does not establish that construction is complete or that the facility is operating.
Open primary record
FM535-002TDLR project registered

EDCAUS11 Data Center

A planned one-story data center with supporting office space, site improvements, and automatic sprinklers.

Owner of record
Burr Computer Environment Inc.
Filed location
6682 FM 535, Cedar Creek
Scale
~730,000 sq ft
Filed cost
$700M filed estimate
TDLR lists Burr Computer Environment Inc. as owner of record. No tenant is assigned in the filing.
Open primary record
FM535-003TDLR project registered

EDCAUS12 Data Center

A second planned one-story data center at the same filed address, with supporting office space, site improvements, and automatic sprinklers.

Owner of record
Burr Computer Environment Inc.
Filed location
6682 FM 535, Cedar Creek
Scale
~730,000 sq ft
Filed cost
$700M filed estimate
TDLR lists Burr Computer Environment Inc. as owner of record. No tenant is assigned in the filing.
Open primary record
Cumulative review

The questions no single filing answers

These workstreams define the regional dossier now being built.

01

Power

What is the combined operating load, backup-generation fleet, substation buildout, and transmission or pipeline infrastructure?

02

Water

What are the combined construction and operating demands, sources, treatment needs, and drought-year constraints?

03

Fire & emergency

What simultaneous incidents are plausible, who responds, and what staffing, apparatus, foam, fire-water, and mutual aid are available?

04

Roads & evacuation

How do construction traffic, heavy-haul routes, employee traffic, emergency access, and wildfire evacuation interact on the same road network?

05

Air & noise

What is the total permitted combustion inventory, including main generation, emergency engines, testing schedules, and continuous noise sources?

06

Land & ecology

What cumulative clearing, fragmentation, drainage change, lighting, and edge effects occur across the corridor rather than within one permit boundary?