Homes and schools are already here
This is not an empty industrial tract. The filed perimeter sits amid thousands of anonymous residential sites and 15 verified or identified school and childcare locations within three miles.
New records · September 3Registration 185019 remains pending. Send TCEQ the focused request.
TCEQ’s tracker changed again, constituent pressure is producing movement, and the agency now records 191 meeting requests, 147 written comments, and 3 hearing requests. Read the update and act before TCEQ decides.
Public records · Resident action · Bastrop County
A 1,326 MW gas-turbine proposal does not belong in the middle of this community.
Pacifico's August air application describes 48 natural-gas turbines across six model families beside thousands of existing homes, schools and childcare sites. Lost Pines Watch turns the public record into facts residents can verify, meetings they can attend, and specific actions they can take.
Our conclusion: Bastrop County should withhold discretionary approvals, endorsements, and infrastructure assistance, and Pacifico should remove the utility-scale fossil plant or seek a more suitable industrial location with fewer community receptors, adequate fire and water infrastructure, and a fully disclosed permit record.
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Does Bastrop County need this in our backyard?
Floodlight News recorded this January 2026 thermal view above xAI's gas-turbine plant in Southaven, Mississippi. One data-center complex is served by rows of hot stacks and exhaust plumes visible across the yard.
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Latest verified update · September 7, 2026
Read and share this updateCedar Creek’s next chapter is still being decided
Explore the community map, follow the land and permit record, and see residents’ formal challenges and growing TCEQ participation. Air Registration 185019 remains pending as of September 7.
The place matters
The filed perimeter is surrounded by an existing community
These privacy-safe GIS counts measure from Pacifico’s filed project boundary. They do not publish resident names, addresses, ownership, or submissions.
854anonymous residential sites within 1 mile
2,247anonymous residential sites within 2 miles
5,701anonymous residential sites within 3 miles
15schools or childcare sites within 3 miles
7 / 395recorded ESD station sites / square miles served
The map also places the site in D2 Severe Drought as of July 21, 2026. Station locations and district lines do not prove staffing, apparatus, fire-water, response time, or industrial-fire capability.
The decision caseWhy approval should be withheld
This is an explicit public-interest position grounded in the present record—not a claim that every unresolved risk has already been proven.
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Why approval should be withheld
This is an explicit public-interest position grounded in the present record—not a claim that every unresolved risk has already been proven.
Fire and water readiness are not established
Severe drought and regional wildfire history are documented. Project fire-water, station-level staffing, apparatus, mutual aid, and industrial-response capability remain unverified.
The scale-to-jobs tradeoff is stark
The revised JETI filing pairs $2.237 billion of investment with only 25 applicant-projected permanent jobs. The later air application states 1,326 MW of maximum nominal output.
The application is public; the final eligibility basis is not
The released filing identifies 48 turbines, six model families, modeled schedules, controls and applicant-calculated emissions. Final stack terms, source-wide enforceable limits, monitoring and TCEQ's written eligibility determination remain unresolved.
Regional ledgerFour filings. One cumulative landscape.
Each project is tracked separately. Regional claims are made only where the combined record supports them.
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Four filings. One cumulative landscape.
Each project is tracked separately. Regional claims are made only where the combined record supports them.
Tracked investment$4.08Bapplicant and TDLR filed estimates
Tracked data-center area2.04M+square feet, excluding Pacifico buildings
Indexed sources63primary filings and official references
Critical unknowns8research priorities, not proven harms
CC-001Proposed / permitting
Pacifico Cedar Creek Generation Facility
A proposed 48-turbine natural-gas generation facility whose August air application states 1,326 MW of maximum nominal output. An earlier JETI filing described 710 MW of site-rated redundant power supporting approximately 490 MW of associated IT load; the differing capacity measures have not been reconciled in the released record.
- Applicants named in filings
- Pacifico CCK Energy 1 LLC (air) / Pacifico Cedar Creek LLC (JETI)
- Filed location
- 382 Earl Callahan Road, Cedar Creek, Texas
- Scale
- ~2,842 acres stated; listed parcels total ~2,810 acres
- Filed cost
- $2.237B applicant projection
TCEQ still listed Air Registration 185019 as pending on August 30 after opening a Final Package Rework Cycle. The released application identifies 48 turbines across six model families and states 1,326 MW of maximum nominal output. Aqua scheduled September 1 consideration of Pacifico water service. Separate active stormwater authorizations are not approval of the overall project.
Open primary recordFM535-001Construction / August opening reported
EdgeConneX AU02 / AUS02 Data Center
A filed two-story, fully sprinklered data center with site improvements. The qualifying-large-data-center register names CoreWeave as occupant and DFW33220N Operations 1 as operator.
- Owner of record
- DFW33220N, LLC
- Filed location
- 8001 Wolf Lane, Building 2 / 6752 FM 535, Cedar Creek
- Scale
- 578,000 sq ft
- Filed cost
- $440M filed estimate
The Texas Comptroller names CoreWeave as the registered occupant. Community Impact reports an August 2026 opening is expected; neither record establishes that commercial operation has begun.
Open primary recordFM535-002TDLR project registered
EDCAUS11 Data Center
A planned one-story data center with supporting office space, site improvements, and automatic sprinklers.
- Owner of record
- Burr Computer Environment Inc.
- Filed location
- 6682 FM 535, Cedar Creek
- Scale
- ~730,000 sq ft
- Filed cost
- $700M filed estimate
TDLR lists Burr Computer Environment Inc. as owner of record. No tenant is assigned in the filing.
Open primary recordFM535-003TDLR project registered
EDCAUS12 Data Center
A second planned one-story data center at the same filed address, with supporting office space, site improvements, and automatic sprinklers.
- Owner of record
- Burr Computer Environment Inc.
- Filed location
- 6682 FM 535, Cedar Creek
- Scale
- ~730,000 sq ft
- Filed cost
- $700M filed estimate
TDLR lists Burr Computer Environment Inc. as owner of record. No tenant is assigned in the filing.
Open primary recordWhat the latest records establishThe project is further along—and key dependencies remain unresolved
The strongest new findings are separated into verified government records, independent calculations, and status checks.
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The project is further along—and key dependencies remain unresolved
The strongest new findings are separated into verified government records, independent calculations, and status checks.
CLM-012 · Construction stormwaterVerified government record
Black Chamber Partners and Pacifico CCK Energy 1 hold active construction-stormwater authorizations covering 304 and 173.54 acres respectively at the shared B&W Ranch regulated site.
Next evidence: Obtain both complete NOIs, Black Chamber’s July 15 Notice of Change, and every SWP3 map, civil sheet, grading plan, and drainage plan in agency or county possession.
CLM-014 · Water serviceVerified government record
Aqua WSC tabled Pacifico Energy Development’s large-volume water-service request and required a revised feasibility study after staff identified the development as a data center.
Next evidence: Obtain the approved August minutes, Resolution 26.09.01, the proposed agreement, complete application, engineering comments, cost allocation and landowner authorization before Aqua considers the request September 1.
CLM-016 · Public subsidyIndependent cross-check
The original JETI filing sought 100% Chapter 312 abatements from Bastrop County, ESD No. 1, and ESD No. 3 for 2029–2038, together with a ten-year Bastrop ISD taxable-value limitation. The released filings do not publish a consolidated, reproducible total for the requested relief. County records confirm the Chapter 312 requests were withdrawn; Pacifico says it also withdrew JETI J0049.
Next evidence: Obtain both county applications, draft agreements, eligible-value schedules, fiscal reviews, final rates, and the data-center-side incentive model.
CLM-019 · Air-permit statusVerified pending registration
TCEQ still listed Pacifico Air Registration 185019 / Project 413471 as PENDING when checked August 30. The deficiency cycle closed August 26, a Final Package Rework Cycle opened that day, and the subsequently released application identifies 48 turbines and states 1,326 MW of maximum nominal output.
Next evidence: Submit written technical objections for association with the project file, monitor the legislatively requested public meeting, and track the mailing date of any written approval for the Motion-to-Overturn deadline.
Known / unknownWe do not fill gaps with certainty
The released application supplies a turbine count and model-family inventory, but major engineering and compliance questions remain. Those gaps are a reason to investigate and withhold judgment—not permission to invent a final layout, duty cycle, water demand, or risk conclusion.
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We do not fill gaps with certainty
The released application supplies a turbine count and model-family inventory, but major engineering and compliance questions remain. Those gaps are a reason to investigate and withhold judgment—not permission to invent a final layout, duty cycle, water demand, or risk conclusion.
Review all open questions
CriticalTurbinesHow will the released 48-unit inventory, rating bases, modeled schedules, and any later project changes be reconciled in the final approval?
CriticalAirStack heights, locations, exit conditions, annual hours, and modeled receptors?
CriticalWaterAqua WSC service, groundwater wells, or a hybrid supply—and what annual demand?
CriticalFireFire-water storage, pump redundancy, hydrants, apparatus access, and suppression design?
CriticalEmergency responseWhich agency responds, with what staffing, apparatus, industrial capability, and mutual aid?
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