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Project Aquila (RCM Hill)
- County
- Hill
- Technology
- Grid-tied data center load
- Capacity
- 1,235 MW claimed in trade press, not established
- Interconnecting entity
- RCM Hill, LLC
- Status
- In litigation
The project's location is not established. The complaint states the site is unincorporated with no extraterritorial jurisdiction; no release petition exists in Hillsboro's own records; and the coordinates carried in trade press resolve to Katy Lake itself on the Hill CAD parcel layer.
The complaint withholds the four landowners' names and any legal description. They are named only in sealed exhibits.
RCM Hill, LLC has no recorded instrument of any kind in the Hill County Clerk index under any name.
- Public recordComplaint in 6:26-cv-00340, free on RECAP — four contracts with four landowners between Apr 2025 and Jan 2026, 800+ acres, $80M+, about $100,000 per acre against the 2025 Hill CAD agricultural appraisal of $7,100 per acre, $1M in pursuit costs over 16 months, and the full interconnection chain through PUCT Project No. 58481 Federal court filing (checked 14 September 2026)
- Public recordHill County moratorium Order 2026-5154 adopted 3–2 on 12 May 2026; rescinded unanimously 4 Jun 2026 by Order 2026-5202; checklist Order 2026-5204; $100,000 authorised 30 Jun 2026 by Order 2026-5262 Commissioners Court (checked 14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].