Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
Quantum Clean Energy Project: co-located solar (Intersect)Under construction (press)
nameplate across two facilities, paired with 1.3 GWh of battery storage (storage, not generation); operations scheduled for June 2026 (press) News report · Nov. 2025
Proposed
Other sources, size not disclosed
- ERCOT grid via Electric Transmission Texas (345 kV) Interconnection documentedinterconnects through a dedicated 345 kV switching station (project record); no load figure published Dataset · 2026
Getting on the grid
- ERCOT paused approvals to energize new large loads of 75 MW or more in Sept. 2026; that applies to the campus's grid supply, not the co-located solar and storage. News report · Sept. 2026
- No state utility commission docket exists for the campus; transmission service runs through Electric Transmission Texas under ERCOT rules. Company · Oct. 2026
Permits
Permits checklist
1 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file
Approvals on record for the campus, and what we could not find.
- ✓County property tax abatement GrantedHaskell County · April 26, 2022: granted to Cloud West Inc.; assigned to Google's Homebound Group in Feb. 2025 Dataset · April 2022
- –Checked, nothing on file: Air permit
Risks
What could slow it down
- MediumGrid energization pauseERCOT's pause on energizing large loads applies to the campus's grid supply until eligibility is verified. News report · Sept. 2026
- MediumLoad never disclosedGoogle, Intersect and the project record give no campus capacity, so the solar plant's share of supply cannot be judged. Dataset · 2026
- WatchEasy to confuse with other Google sitesTwo other Google-linked campuses in the county (Journey in the north, and an Ascendant Site Solutions site) are separate projects (press). News report · 2026
Money
Money on record
$140M taxes and fees the solar project is projected to pay over its life (Intersect figure (press)). News report · June 2026
- Abatement: county property tax abatement (granted 2022, assigned to Homebound Group 2025; terms not in our sources) Dataset · Feb. 2025
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- April 26, 2022Money Haskell County grants a tax abatement to Cloud West Inc., the site's earlier developer (dataset) Dataset · April 2022
- July 25, 2024Paper trail Homebound Group LLC registered in Delaware and Texas
- Feb. 24, 2025Paper trail The abatement is assigned to Homebound Group LLC, Google's project company (dataset) Dataset · Feb. 2025
- June 18, 2025Construction Construction of the first building starts (project record) News report · Nov. 2025
- Nov. 14, 2025Site Google announces three Texas data centers, two in Haskell County, under a $40B statewide commitment through 2027 (press) News report · Nov. 2025
- Dec. 1, 2025Construction Construction of the second building starts (project record) News report · 2026
- Dec. 22, 2025Money Alphabet agrees to buy Intersect, the campus's power developer, naming the Haskell County site in the deal Company · Dec. 2025
- March 2026Money Alphabet's $4.75B purchase of Intersect closes (press) News report · June 2026
- June 2026Power Co-located solar and storage scheduled to begin operating (press) News report · June 2026
- Sept. 14, 2026Power ERCOT pauses approvals to energize new large loads of 75 MW or more News report · Sept. 2026
The buildings
Specs
- Closed-loop air cooling: no evaporative towers; water use limited to domestic plumbing (project record) Dataset · Oct. 2026
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owner
- Google: owner-user
- Homebound Group LLC: Google's project company
- Alphabet: parent company; bought Intersect
Power
- Intersect Power: developer of the co-located solar and storage
- Electric Transmission Texas: 345 kV transmission
Government
- Haskell County: tax abatement
Earlier developer
- Cloud West Inc.: held the original 2022 abatement
Still unknown
Open questions
- Campus load in MW.
- Whether the solar and storage plant is operating.
- Terms of the county tax abatement.
Where this comes from
37 records from 9 documents
Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, local government records, business registries and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 6Dataset 1Local government 1Company 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 (7)
- Quantum Clean Energy Project (Intersect, now Alphabet-owned): 640 MW solar PV plus 1.3 GWh battery storage across two facilities (Quantum I and II) co-located with the campus; operations scheduled to begin June 2026. The“Intersect's Quantum Clean Energy Project in Haskell County, Texas, an hour north of Abilene—comprises 640 MW of solar PV and 1.3 GWh of battery energy storage across two facilities”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- Thelma buildings THM1A and THM2A are under construction (starts June 18, 2025 and December 1, 2025 in the project record); the Quantum generation project was scheduled to begin operations in June 2026 alongside the campu“the co-located Google data center broke ground recently, Google said”News report · 2026 · grade C
- Grid side: the campus and Quantum interconnect via Electric Transmission Texas (ETT) 345 kV transmission through the dedicated Kilby 345 kV switching station“interconnected via Electric Transmission Texas (ETT) 345kV transmission through the dedicated Kilby 345kV switching station”Dataset · 2026 · grade C
- No power capacity for the Haskell campus has been publicly disclosed by Google, Intersect, or in the project record located“No capacity has been publicly disclosed”Dataset · 2026 · grade C
- Project identity: Google 'Thelma' campus - southern Haskell County, TX, developed via Homebound Group LLC (Google special-purpose entity), co-located with Intersect Power's Quantum Clean Energy Project; announced Novembe“Google announced the Haskell County data center campus in November 2025 as part of a $40 billion Texas investment commitment through 2027.”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
- County code: 48207“Google's southern Haskell County campus (Homebound Group LLC), paired with the 640 MW/1.3 GWh Quantum Clean Energy solar-and-battery park”Dataset · Nov. 2025 · grade C
- On-site generation: 640 MW“The first project, the Quantum Clean Energy Project in Haskell County, Texas, comprises two solar and battery storage facilities—Quantum I and II—which represent a combined 640 MW of solar PV and 1.3 GWh of battery energy storage.”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (9)
- co-located energy and data center development partnership: co-located generation“this includes the companies' first announced co-located data center and power site, under construction in Haskell County, Texas”Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
- Tax abatement agreement: PILOT schedule 100% abatement of county taxes (except I&S); PILOT = 25% of would-be county taxes for Phase 1, 20% for Phases 2-4 percent“Project Entity agrees to pay a PILOT equal to: (i) the County Taxes that would, but for the abatement provided by this Agreement, be applicable”Local government · 2025 · grade B
- Tax abatement agreement: term 10 years per phase (up to 4 phases)“Abatement periods for each Phase shall be ten (10) calendar years (an "Abatement Period")”Local government · 2025 · grade B
- Tax abatement agreement: job commitments 50 permanent full-time jobs“Project Entity agrees to create at least fifty (50) permanent full time jobs at the Project”Local government · 2025 · grade B
- Tax abatement agreement: investment (Phase 1 anticipated) 1000000000 USD“Phase 1 of which is anticipated to have initial capital costs of approximately $1 billion dollars”Local government · 2025 · grade B
- Quantum project is projected to generate $140 million in taxes and public fees over its operational lifetime (Intersect figure via POWER)“is projected to generate $140 million in taxes and public fees over its operational lifetime. Courtesy: Intersect.”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- Alphabet's $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect closed in March 2026; Intersect's existing operating assets in Texas and California were excluded and continue as an independent company“The transaction closed in March 2026, and under the deal, Alphabet acquired a development pipeline of multiple gigawatts of projects in construction or under development”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- tax abatement: assignment“predecessor Cloud West Inc. held the original Apr 26, 2022 abatement, assigned to Homebound Feb 24, 2025”Dataset · Feb. 2025 · grade C
- tax abatement: tax abatement“predecessor Cloud West Inc. held the original Apr 26, 2022 abatement, assigned to Homebound Feb 24, 2025”Dataset · April 2022 · grade C
Permits and government (2)
- IRB/abatement ordinance, Commissioners Court designated the Haskell County Jour: designated“on June 24, 2025, the Commissioners Court of Haskell County, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 312, Texas Tax Code, designated certain property”Local government · 2025 · grade B
- The campus is a grid-connected large load, so ERCOT's energization pause for large loads of 75 MW or more (pending Batch Zero eligibility verification and the state audit) applies to its grid supply path; the co-located“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
Site and other (4)
- Haskell County hosts multiple distinct Google-linked campuses: Journey (north county, Housebound/Homebound TDLR filings at 1362 Red Creek Road) and Ranger (Ascendant Site Solutions, abatement Apr 2026) are separate campu“Elsewhere in Haskell County is the "Thelma" data center campus under development. According to research from Aterio, Journey lies in the north of Haskell County, while Thelma is in southern Haskell County”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Project status: building under construction“It is scheduled to begin operations in June 2026 alongside a Google data center campus currently under construction.”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- Intersect has many Texas projects; only the Quantum Clean Energy Project (Quantum I and II, Haskell County) belongs to this campus“The Meitner project is the second co-located facility Google and Intersect have jointly developed.”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- a THIRD Haskell County campus (Ascendant Site Solutions, abatement April 2026) is also separate“A third campus linked to Google received a tax abatement in April 2026 from Haskell County and is being developed by Ascendant Site Solutions LLC.”News report · 2026 · grade C