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Liberty Thermal Energy Center

Location from Hill CAD parcels 123126 (14 September 2026). Accurate to within about 0.6 miles.
County
Hill
Technology
Gas, combined cycle
Capacity
1,400 MW
Interconnecting entity
Liberty Data Center I, LLC
Developer
NextEra Energy Resources
Point of interconnection
LIBERTY 345 KV STATION (Bus# 68092)
Status
SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA
Projected completion
1 July 2032
Queue number
33INR0006

No TCEQ registration or air permit, no Chapter 312 abatement, no reinvestment zone, no Commissioners Court item, no PUCT filing and no trade press exists for this project.

The option covers 357.73 acres across four Hill CAD parcels owned by 4 Dawsons Farm, LLC, on FM 339 at Wolf Creek near Mount Calm. Liberty Station is 3.7 miles south-southeast and already hosts Mercury Solar III and Mercury Storage.

  • Public recordGIS Report for August 2026, posted 1 September 2026, sheet “Project Details – Large Gen” ERCOT GIS Report (checked 14 September 2026)
  • Public recordHill County OPR inst. 00176826, Vol 2450 Pg 799, recorded 13 Jul 2026 — Memorandum of Real Estate Purchase Option Agreement, 4 Dawsons Farm, LLC to Liberty Data Center I, LLC, “with an address of 700 Universe Boulevard, Attn: Land Services Administration, Juno Beach, FL 33408”; signed Stuart McCurdy, Vice President Recorded instrument (checked 14 September 2026)
  • Public recordLiberty Data Center I LLC, filing number 0806367754, effective 22 Dec 2025, Delaware, active Texas SOS (checked 14 September 2026)

ERCOT's abbreviations: SS, the security screening study; FIS, the full interconnection study; IA, the interconnection agreement. How this page is sourced →

Queue data: ERCOT GIS Report, August 2026 (posted 1 September 2026, read 30 September 2026). ERCOT publishes it for planning only; its data comes from the project companies and may contain errors. Compiled by Blackland TX. Corrections: [email protected].