Data center profile · Texas (no site announced)

Hunt Energy and Caterpillar data-center power program (Texas)

2025 Hunt Energy and Caterpillar agreement for on-site data center power, up to 1 GW, first project in Texas; no site, customer or permit named.

Announced, no site. Caterpillar and Hunt Energy announced the collaboration on Aug. 21, 2025 and said the first project would launch in Texas. No site, customer, air permit, grid filing or timetable has been disclosed since.
Up to 1 GW
generation the program aims to deliver across North America
multi-year program ceiling; not a figure for any single site
Texas
where the first project is expected
no site, city or county named
No timetable
deployment schedule
neither company has disclosed one
OperatorHunt Energy Company, L.P. (developer), with Caterpillar (equipment)
CustomerNone named
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next stepNone published
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a gas-powered data-center project in Texas would need, and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Aug. 21, 2025
    Power Caterpillar and Hunt Energy announce a long-term collaboration on independent power for data centers, starting in Texas Company · Aug. 2025
  2. Aug. 22, 2025
    Site Coverage notes the companies disclosed no deployment timetable News report · Aug. 2025
The buildings

Specs

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer
  • Hunt Energy Company, L.P.: development, financing and operations
Equipment
  • Caterpillar Inc.: generation equipment, turbines and controls
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

19 records from 3 documents

Drawn from news reports and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 2Company 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)
  • Project identity: Hunt Energy / Caterpillar long-term strategic collaboration to deliver independent energy production for data centers - a multi-year PROGRAM, not a single campus: the first project is expected to launch
    “The first project is expected to launch in Texas, marking the start of a multi-year initiative to deliver up to 1GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America, laying the foundation for future global deployment.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Project status: program announced no named site
    “The first project is expected to launch in Texas, marking the start of a multi-year initiative to deliver up to 1GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Program target: up to 1 GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America over multiple years, first project in Texas - a portfolio figure with no site attached
    “The first project is expected to launch in Texas, marking the start of a multi-year initiative to deliver up to 1GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Hunt Energy states it has deployed over 310 MW of battery energy storage (BESS) solutions in the last four years - partner track record, not project capacity
    “They will also bring their significant experience in battery energy storage (BESS) projects, having deployed over 310 MWs of BESS solutions in the last four years.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Program-wide ceiling only: up to 1 GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America over multiple years
    “The first project is expected to launch in Texas, marking the start of a multi-year initiative to deliver up to 1GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Hunt Energy's program credentials include over 310 MW of BESS deployed in the last four years - portfolio experience claimed in the announcement, not capacity at any Texas site
    “They will also bring their significant experience in battery energy storage (BESS) projects, having deployed over 310 MWs of BESS solutions in the last four years.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Hunt Energy brings project financing, operational execution, and battery storage experience (310+ MW of BESS deployed in four years) to the program; Caterpillar supplies gas/diesel generation, turbines, switchgear, contr
    “They will also bring their significant experience in battery energy storage (BESS) projects, having deployed over 310 MWs of BESS solutions in the last four years”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Caterpillar's later data-center power deals are SEPARATE programs and are not Hunt Energy deployments: the OnePWR/Vero3 natural-gas and carbon-capture partnership (first project expected 2026, 500 MW initial commitment)
    “Before this, in August of last year, the company partnered with power infrastructure developer Hunt Energy on a multi-year initiative to deliver upwards of 1GW of generation capacity for data centers in North America.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (1)
  • long-term strategic collaboration agreement: generation capacity program 1,000 MW
    “The first project is expected to launch in Texas, marking the start of a multi-year initiative to deliver up to 1GW of power generation capacity for data centers across North America”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
Site and other (1)
  • Neither company disclosed a site, county, city, tenant or deployment timetable for the first Texas project in the announcement or in the coverage checked
    “While the companies have not disclosed a deployment timetable, the partnership underscores the increasing urgency to secure reliable, scalable, and sustainable energy solutions”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C