The site from above
Power and the grid
The plan on record is on-site gas generation. No utility agreement or generation permit is on record yet.
We checked utility filings, regulator dockets and air-permit records for this campus.
Permits checklist
6 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.
- –Checked, nothing on file: Zoning approval, Site plan, Building permit, Air permit, Water and wetlands permits, Utility and grid approval
Money on record
$22.3B Joint venture (Announced). Company · Sept. 2026
What happened, and what is due
- Sept. 2026Power An adjacent energy campus of 6.47 GW of natural gas generation is planned to directly serve the data center campus. Company · Sept. 2026
Since Oct. 2026: 1 satellite capture. Satellite · Oct. 2026
Owners, partners and builders
- Related Digital, developer
- NextEra Energy Resources, partner
- Lewis Energy Group, partner
Open questions
- Air permit and gas supply for the on-site plant.
- Whether site work has started.
15 records from 4 documents
Drawn from company statements, public and commercial datasets, news reports and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
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 (4)
- Campus name: Project Star“to develop Project Star, a $22+ billion energy infrastructure campus with 6.47 gigawatts (GW) of generation capacity in Encinal, Texas”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- Stated campus size: 5,000 MW“At full scale, Project Star will support a privately funded 5 GW data center campus that Related Digital is developing on an adjacent site”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- Grid region: ERCOT“consistent with Texas Governor Greg Abbott's directive that data centers bring their own generation to the ERCOT system”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- An adjacent energy campus of 6.47 GW of natural gas generation is planned to directly serve the data center campus, with excess power delivered to the grid“Project Star will create 6.47 GW of natural gas generation to directly support an adjacent 5 GW digital infrastructure campus and deliver excess power generation back to the grid”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
Money and contracts (1)
- joint venture: announced 22300000000 USD“The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Republic of Korea selected Related Companies and NextEra Energy Resources, in partnership with Lewis Energy Group, to develop Project Star”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
Permits and government (1)
- Project status: announced“The project is expected to be developed in phases, with initial generating resources anticipated to come online as early as 2029, subject to required permitting and approvals”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
Site and other (3)
- County code: 48283“creating huge new economic benefits for Encinal, La Salle County and the State”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- Project Star was selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Republic of Korea under the US-Korea Strategic Investment MOU.“The announcement was made as part of the implementation of the Trade Deal between Korea and the United States”Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
- Announced: Sept. 30, 2026“At full scale, Project Star will support a privately funded 5 GW data center campus that Related Digital is developing on an adjacent site”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).