The site
The site from above
Power
Power and the grid
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- July 20, 2026Utility MW on record111 MW. Company · July 2026
Queue positions on record
- Not setERCOT queue position111 MW, subject to ERCOT validation Company · July 2026
Permits
Permits checklist
5 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.
- –Checked, nothing on file: Zoning approval, Site plan, Building permit, Water and wetlands permits, Utility and grid approval
Money
Money on record
$10M
Land acquisition
First closing: 30 acres; option to acquire the remainder News report · July 2026
$5M
JV partner loan
Loan funding part of 10NetZero's capital contribution; due News report · July 2026
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- July 15, 2026Money JV partner loan on record ($5M). News report · July 2026
- July 20, 2026Site Land acquisition on record ($10M). News report · July 2026
Construction activity
Since Oct. 2026: 1 satellite capture. Satellite · Oct. 2026
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Power and utilities
- Mawson Infrastructure Group
Investors and lenders
- Big Digital Energy, partner
- 10NetZero, partner
- Texas Load House, partner
Still unknown
Open questions
- Signed electric service agreement and delivery date.
- Whether site work has started.
Where this comes from
21 records from 6 documents
Drawn from news reports, company statements and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 3Company 2Satellite 1
Evidence
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (10)
- Announced: July 6, 2026“signed a letter of intent to acquire a live powered industrial site in Hood County, Texas, and to develop it into a large-scale datacenter campus serving artificial intelligence (“AI”) tenants”Company · July 2026 · grade A
- Campus name: Big Digital Energy Hood County (Texas Load House JV)“it has completed an acquisition of the previously announced power-ready industrial site in Hood County, Texas, through a 50/50 joint venture with energy-infrastructure company 10NetZero”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- Utility service: 111 MW“is expected to support a phased expansion to as much as 111 MW of grid capacity, subject to validation by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT")”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- Utility service: 17 MW“the approximately 50-acre site currently has 17 MW of operational power”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- On-site power technology: Existing natural-gas infrastructure offering the potential for behind-the-meter gas generation“The site's existing natural-gas infrastructure also provides the potential to add behind-the-meter generation, supporting a total buildout of up to 300 MW”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- Site acreage: 50 acres“the approximately 50-acre site currently has 17 MW of operational power”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- County code: 48221“power-ready industrial site in Hood County, Texas”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- interconnection queue (ERCOT): subject to ERCOT validation“is expected to support a phased expansion to as much as 111 MW of grid capacity, subject to validation by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT")”Company · July 2026 · grade B
- Project status: Powered industrial site acquired July 2026. It carries 17 MW of operational power serving existing structures (30,000+ sq ft) that the JV intends to repurpose; no data hall serving IT capacity exists or is do“The 50-acre Hood County site contains more than 30,000 square feet (2,787 sqm) of existing structures the partnership intends to repurpose for data center use”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 311 MW“The site has 17MW of operational power, reportedly upgradable to 111MW of grid power. The site also has the option to add behind-the-meter natural gas power, potentially taking the site to 311MW”News report · July 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (3)
- Nonbinding letter of intent with Tensor IQ for an initial deployment of 7,748 NVIDIA GPUs at Hood County, targeting availability in 2027“At Hood County, Big Digital signed a nonbinding letter of intent with Tensor IQ for an initial deployment of 7,748 NVIDIA D300 GPUs, targeting availability in 2027”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- land acquisition: First closing: 30 acres; option to acquire the remainder (~20 acres) for $600,000 10000000 USD“The JV closed on 30 acres for about $10 million with an option to buy the remainder for $600,000”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- JV partner loan: Loan funding part of 10NetZero's capital contribution; due Oct. 13, 2026, with ownership-transfer mechanics if unpaid 4900000 USD“To fund part of 10NetZero's capital contribution, Big Digital Energy provided a $4.9 million loan due October 13, 2026”News report · July 2026 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).