Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
Gas turbines (GE Vernova 7HA.02)Interconnection requested
ERCOT phase projected May 2030; the company describes about 1 GW of gas from two turbines News report · Sept. 2026
Combined-cycle gas phaseInterconnection requested
ERCOT phase projected Oct. 2031 News report · Sept. 2026
Nuclear: up to five BWRX-300 small reactorsNRC application, part 1 filed
ERCOT phase projected June 2033; company cites up to 1.5 GW News report · Sept. 2026
Proposed
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- Oct. 30, 2025Partnership announcedBlue Energy and Crusoe say gas power could reach the campus as early as 2028, moving to nuclear by 2031. News report · Oct. 2025
- Sept. 4, 2026Nuclear interconnection study requestedBlue Energy asks ERCOT for a full interconnection study of the nuclear phase. News report · Oct. 2026
- Oct. 1, 2026Three phases on one 345 kV lineERCOT's report lists the gas, combined-cycle and nuclear phases, all in Victoria County. News report · Oct. 2026
- Not setCampus load: not disclosedNo source states an IT or utility load for the Crusoe campus. News report · Oct. 2026
- ERCOT has paused energization approvals for new large loads of 75 MW or more, and the gas turbines will need state air permits, which the governor's Sept. 2026 directive suspends. News report · Sept. 2026
- Schedules have slipped: the Oct. 2025 targets of gas in 2028 and nuclear in 2031 now read 2030 and 2033 in ERCOT records. News report · Oct. 2025
Permits
Permits checklist
2 pending · 1 checked, nothing on file
Approvals the plant and campus need, and where each stands.
- ◷Nuclear construction permit, part 1 PendingU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · Sept. 16, 2026: asks to begin limited work such as deep foundations; part 2 expected in the second half of 2027 News report · Sept. 2026
- ◷Generation interconnection, three phases PendingERCOT · Sept. 4, 2026: gas from 2030, nuclear from 2033 (projected) News report · Sept. 2026
- –Checked, nothing on file: Air permits for the gas turbines
Risks
What could slow it down
- HighNo investment decisionThe plant is pre-decision; a final investment decision is targeted for 2027 (press). News report · Oct. 2026
- MediumSchedule slippingFirst power moved from 2028 to 2030 for gas and from 2031 to 2033 for nuclear in later records. News report · Oct. 2025
- MediumState pausesERCOT's large-load energization pause and the state's data-center air-permit pause both reach this project. News report · Sept. 2026
- MediumCampus site unsettledA county commissioner said in May 2026 that no data-center land had been formally acquired at the port. News report · May 2026
Money
Money on record
~$2.4B
opening phase, earlier local estimate (press)
Victoria economic development figures News report · Oct. 2026
Not on record: equity stake taken by Constellation Technology Ventures: undisclosed, July 2026 (press) News report · July 2026
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- July 28, 2023Paper trail Blue Energy Global Inc. registered in Delaware
- Oct. 30, 2025Site Blue Energy and Crusoe announce a nuclear-powered AI campus at the Port of Victoria News report · Oct. 2025
- May 11, 2026Site A county commissioner says no land has been formally acquired at the port for a data center News report · May 2026
- May 2026Power Blue Energy and GE Vernova reserve two 7HA.02 gas turbines for 2029 delivery (press) News report · Oct. 2025
- July 2026Money Constellation Technology Ventures takes an equity stake in Blue Energy (press) News report · July 2026
- Sept. 4, 2026Power Blue Energy requests a full ERCOT interconnection study for the nuclear phase News report · Oct. 2026
- Sept. 16, 2026Permits First part of the nuclear construction permit application filed News report · Sept. 2026
- Oct. 1, 2026Power ERCOT's report lists three phases: 780 MW gas, 330 MW combined-cycle and 1,320 MW nuclear News report · Oct. 2026
- 2027Money Final investment decision targeted News report · Oct. 2026
- May 2030Power First gas phase projected to start (ERCOT) News report · Oct. 2026
- June 15, 2033Power Nuclear phase projected to start (ERCOT) News report · Sept. 2026
The buildings
Specs
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Power plant
- Blue Energy Global Inc.: plant developer
- GE Vernova: gas turbines
- GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy: BWRX-300 reactors
- Constellation Technology Ventures: equity investor in Blue Energy (press)
Data center
- Crusoe: campus developer and anchor power buyer
Site
- Port of Victoria (Victoria County Navigation District): site option
Government
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- ERCOT
- Victoria County Commissioner Shannon Martin
- State Rep. A.J. Louderback: plans data-center rules next session
Still unknown
Open questions
- IT capacity of the Crusoe campus.
- Where the campus will sit and whether land is bought.
- Air permits for the gas turbines.
Where this comes from
44 records from 11 documents
Drawn from news reports, company statements and business registries, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 10Company 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 (8)
- Source record“Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor planned for its gas-plus-nuclear project at the Port of Victoria, Texas.”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- The May 2026 Blue Energy-GE Vernova 2.5 GW gas-plus-nuclear collaboration for the Port of Victoria site is subject to a final investment decision in 2027“Planned for a site in the Port of Victoria, Texas—and subject to a final investment decision in 2027—the collaboration moves to combine Blue Energy's prefabricated construction model”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Project identity: Blue Energy gas-to-nuclear power plant at the Port of Victoria, TX, being developed to power a Crusoe AI data center campus of about 1,600 acres: about 1 GW of gas generation first (two GE Vernova 7HA.0“Blue Energy, a nuclear developer founded in 2023, applied to interconnect up to five 300-megawatt reactors as part of a gas-and-nuclear generating station planned at the Port of Victoria on the Texas Gulf Coast.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Generating units on the permit: 2 units“The site will initially install two high-efficiency GE Vernova 7HA.02 gas turbines, delivering approximately 1 GWe of power by 2030.”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- County code: 48057“The plant would supply up to 1.5 gigawatts of power to a 1,600-acre Crusoe AI factory campus on a separate site in Calhoun County.”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- Company plan for the Port of Victoria plant: about 1 GW of gas (two GE Vernova 7HA.02 turbines) as a bridge, transitioning to up to five BWRX-300 SMRs (about 1.5 GW) from about 2032, for a 2.5 GW total serving Crusoe's c“DatacenterDynamics describes a 2.5 gigawatt plant that combines the nuclear capacity with about 1 gigawatt of gas generation from two GE Vernova 7HA.02 turbines”News report · 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: 1,500 MW“Blue Energy secured a site to design, develop, and operate an advanced nuclear power plant of up to 1.5 GW”News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
- Original Oct 2025 targets (gas power 2028, nuclear 2031) have slipped in later records: ERCOT phases start May 2030 / Oct 2031 (gas) and Jun 2033 (nuclear); GE Vernova collaboration eyes gas 2030 and nuclear 2032“the companies said Blue Energy's gas-to-nuclear conversion could supply power to the Crusoe campus as early as 2028 and transition to expected nuclear generation by 2031”News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (5)
- Full-build cost estimates exceed $6 billion; earlier Victoria economic-development reporting put the opening phase near $2.4 billion (press estimates, not filings)“Cost estimates for the full build exceed $6 billion, with earlier reporting on Victoria economic development figures putting the opening phase near $2.4 billion.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- land option: land option 70 acres (approximately)“Blue Energy holds an option on roughly 70 acres at the port, and the anchor buyer for the electricity is Crusoe, which is planning an AI data center campus at the site.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Cost estimates for the full build exceed $6 billion, with earlier Victoria economic development reporting putting the opening phase near $2.4 billion (press estimates, not company-confirmed)“Cost estimates for the full build exceed $6 billion, with earlier reporting on Victoria economic development figures putting the opening phase near $2.4 billion.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Victoria County Precinct 3 Commissioner Shannon Martin clarified 11 May 2026 that no land has been formally acquired at the Port of Victoria for AI data center development and the Port is not directly impacted as of that“Victoria County Precinct 3 Commissioner Shannon Martin issued a statement this evening clarifying that no land has been formally acquired at the Port of Victoria for AI data center development at this time”News report · May 2026 · grade C
- power partnership: development partnership“Last October, the firm partnered with US nuclear energy firm Blue Energy to develop an up to 1.5GW nuclear-powered data center campus located in the Port of Victoria, Victoria, Texas.”News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (6)
- permit type=generator interconnection request; up to five 300 MW SMR units plus : interconnection request filed - described by ERCOT as the first-ever interconnection request for small modular reactors“Blue Energy filed the first ERCOT interconnection request for small modular nuclear reactors, proposing up to five units at a gas-and-nuclear plant in Victoria.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Blue Energy submitted the first part of its NRC construction permit application : construction permit application part 1 submitted“On September 16, Blue Energy said it had filed the first part of its construction permit application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, including a request to begin "limited construction activities, including deep foundation and shaft works"”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- As an ERCOT-interconnected project, Blue Energy Center sits inside the state's data center audit perimeter: the Aug 3, 2026 directive paused Batch Zero large-load advancement and ERCOT paused energization approvals for l“ERCOT paused approvals to energize new large-load data centers and crypto or virtual currency mining facilities at 75 MW or greater”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Blue Energy Center phases as listed in ERCOT's September 2026 interconnection re: generation interconnection application filed (three phases)“ERCOT's report, published October 1, lists three phases of a project called Blue Energy Center, all in Victoria County and all connecting to the same 345-kilovolt line”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- permit type=nuclear construction permit application (part 1 of 2); final investm: construction permit application - first part submitted (early gas infrastructure and initial reactor foundation work); second part expecte“US start-up Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its application for a building permit to the US Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRC) for its gas-to-nuclear project at the Port of Victoria in Texas.”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- State Rep. A.J. Louderback plans to introduce data-center development regulations in the next legislative session, citing water and power concerns“State Rep. A.J. Louderback, who represents House District 30, said last week he plans to introduce regulations on data center development in the next legislative session, citing concerns about water and power.”News report · May 2026 · grade C
Site and other (2)
- Port of Victoria previously granted Blue Energy an option covering approximately 70 acres, supporting feasibility studies and due diligence for the proposed nuclear facility (plant site only, not the 1,600-acre campus)“The Port of Victoria previously granted Blue Energy an option covering approximately 70 acres.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- County code: 48469“ERCOT's report, published October 1, lists three phases of a project called Blue Energy Center, all in Victoria County and all connecting to the same 345-kilovolt line.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C