Nexus Data Centers, Hubbard

County

Hill

Technology

Behind-the-meter gas generation

Capacity

Not stated

Interconnecting entity

Nexus Data Centers

Status

Land assembled; county tax abatement abandoned April 2026; TCEQ air permit application pending

Behind-the-meter generation does not enter the ERCOT interconnection queue, which is why this campus appears in no queue listing.

A county tax abatement is not a permit. The recorded deeds and the TDLR building permits are unaffected by the April 2026 announcement; what changed is the county’s leverage, not the project’s footing.

The full building-permit record beyond the first two permits sits behind a TDLR account and has not been read.

The 2025 filing described 30 gas engines totalling about 613 MW. The February 2026 application is for gas turbines, simple and combined cycle, and states no megawatt figure. Neither filing lists solar, batteries or fuel processing.

The air permit application was submitted on 17 February 2026. When the TCEQ notice page was read on 23 September 2026 it carried only the plain language summary and the notice of receipt, with no preliminary decision and so no final date for public comment.

On 21 September 2026 the Governor directed TCEQ to issue no permits sought by data center projects until audits by ERCOT and the Texas Water Development Board are complete. That stops a permit being issued; it does not close the comment period.

• Public recordHill County clerk grantor/grantee index — warranty deeds from the Hubbard Cowboy Church and from Hubbard Livestock Market LLC into Nexus entities Recorded instrument (checked 14 September 2026)
• Public recordHill County Commissioners Court minutes, 7 April 2026 — after an executive session on “the business prospect: Data Center near Hubbard”, County Judge Shane Brassell announced that the associates from the Nexus Data Center project “have walked away from the negotiating table and will not be seeking a tax abatement from the county” Commissioners Court (checked 20 September 2026)
• Public recordNexus Hubbard Power, LLC (Central Registry CN606391142), site RN112221833 - application for air permit 183046, PSD permit PSDTX1700 and greenhouse gas PSD permit GHGPSDTX269, submitted 17 February 2026 and processed on the expedited track, for a self-powered data center at 880 State Highway 171, Hubbard. TCEQ states the data center does not sell power to the grid. Emissions applied for, tons per year: 1,550 nitrogen oxides, 2,305 carbon monoxide, 1,298 particulate matter, 509 volatile organic compounds, 264 sulfur dioxide, 40 sulfuric acid mist, 22,746,568 carbon dioxide equivalent. The plain language summary describes simple cycle combustion turbines and combined cycle combustion turbines, each fitted with dry low-NOx combustors and selective catalytic reduction; it states no megawatt figure. TCEQ air permit application (checked 30 September 2026)
• Public recordNexus Hubbard Power, LLC to TCEQ, 29 May 2025 - 30 natural gas generators of 20,431 kWe each (612.93 MW), plus 47 emergency diesel generators (152.75 MW) and four diesel tanks TCEQ application letter (checked 30 September 2026)