id: microsoft-texas
name: Microsoft data center (Texas)
operator: microsoft
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: TX
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 2000
announced_date: "2026-07-03"
first_seen: "2026-07-06"
last_updated: "2026-07-06"
confidence: low
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/national-grid-ventures-invests-175bn-in-joulent-for-35-stake-to-develop-large-load-power-solutions-national-grid-ventures-ngv-the-commercial-arm-of-national-grid-has-agreed-to-invest-175-billion-for-a-35-stake-in-us-power-infrastructure-develope/
    title: "National Grid Ventures invests $1.75bn in Joulent for construction of gas plant powering 2GW Microsoft data center in Texas"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2026-07-03"
signals:
  - sig-20260705-microsoft-texas-capacity
notes: >-
  2GW (2000MW) Microsoft data center in Texas, to be powered by a Joulent
  gas plant. Signal gives only the state (Texas → TX); no locality or
  county, so place resolves to state. Power developer Joulent and investor
  National Grid Ventures have no operators.yml ids; the $1.75bn figure is
  National Grid Ventures' stake in Joulent (the power infrastructure), not
  a data-center site metric, so it is not recorded here. Single low-
  confidence source.