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CLM-001 · Project scale · Pacifico Cedar Creek

The filings describe 710 MW of site-rated redundant generation and approximately 490 MW of associated IT load.

Verified filing contentConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-001, FND-002, FND-014

What would strengthen or change this

Confirm final configuration, allocation, export capability, and interconnection in permit and commercial records.

CLM-002 · Turbines and controls · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico proposes multiple simple-cycle gas turbines with SCR and CO oxidation-catalyst controls, plus fast-start peaking turbines.

Applicant statementConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001

Page findings

FND-002, FND-006, FND-008

What would strengthen or change this

Determine manufacturer, model, count, ratings, stack geometry, operating hours, and enforceable emissions limits.

CLM-003 · Cumulative development · Regional

The concentration of AUS02, EDCAUS11, EDCAUS12, and Pacifico indicates an emerging data-center and energy-infrastructure corridor along FM 535.

Engineering inferenceConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0002, DOC-0003, DOC-0004, DOC-0008

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Identify related campuses, substations, pipelines, utility upgrades, water demands, and backup-generation permits.

CLM-004 · Wildfire · Regional

Authoritative state sources document severe wildfire history and fuels capable of extreme behavior in the Lost Pines region.

Verified general conditionConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0005, DOC-0006, DOC-0007

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Overlay verified project geometry with authoritative fuels, winds, historic fire perimeters, roads, and community receptors.

CLM-005 · Emergency response · Regional

Local industrial and wildfire response capacity may be constrained by the scale and concentration of proposed development.

Open hypothesisConfidence: Unknown
Source records

None yet

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain jurisdiction, staffing, apparatus, response-time, foam, mutual-aid, and pre-incident-planning records.

CLM-006 · Project characterization · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Supplement 1 limits Pacifico’s JETI project to the gas-fired generation facility and excludes the separately described data center from qualified investment and property.

Verified filing contentConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-012, FND-013, FND-014

What would strengthen or change this

Test the asserted separation against ownership, affiliate, contract, site-plan, and behind-the-meter electrical records.

CLM-007 · JETI compelling factor · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico says the Bastrop investment depends on JETI and Chapter 312 incentives, but the public supplement does not disclose the comparative financial evidence needed to independently test that claim.

Applicant statementConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-015

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain non-confidential Comptroller correspondence and independently reconstruct the competing-site comparison.

CLM-008 · Ohio alternative · Pacifico Cedar Creek

On the public record, Muhlenberg Township is a paused and contingent possibility rather than a presently actionable competing site.

Engineering inferenceConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-016

What would strengthen or change this

Archive the moratorium, minutes, zoning records, site-control evidence, and any proof of a binding competing offer.

CLM-009 · Economic revisions · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Supplement 1 retains 25 permanent jobs but reduces estimated starting annual permanent payroll from about $6.2 million to about $3.5 million.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-018, FND-019, FND-020, FND-021, FND-022, FND-023

What would strengthen or change this

Reconcile every changed assumption and distinguish incentive-adjusted collections from the no-incentive projection.

CLM-010 · Current JETI law · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Government Code §403.609(b)(3) still requires the Comptroller to find that an agreement is a compelling factor and that the investment would not occur in Texas without it.

Verified legal recordConfidence: High
Source records

LAW-0001, LAW-0002

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Track any future statutory change; do not treat failed SB 2322 as enacted law.

CLM-011 · Air-permit integrity · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Texas reporting and EPA guidance make full-buildout disclosure and source aggregation a necessary decision gate; this is a statewide permitting precedent, not evidence that Pacifico has already used permit segmentation.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0009, DOC-0010, DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-008, FND-014

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the complete Pacifico air-authorization record and determine how all turbines, generators, affiliated operations, and co-located load are treated.

CLM-012 · Construction stormwater · Pacifico Cedar Creek

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.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0015, DOC-0016

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

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-013 · Data-center developer · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Black Chamber is the best-supported data-center developer: it controls the 304-acre BCG Cedar Creek Campus construction footprint and publicly describes its business as digital-infrastructure development. The hyperscale customer remains undisclosed.

Strong inferenceConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0015, DOC-0021

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Test the role against county owner-agent forms, site-control instruments, grading plans, financing records, utility studies, and tenant or offtake agreements.

CLM-014 · Water service · Pacifico Cedar Creek

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.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0017, DOC-0001

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Reconcile the June and August proceedings with the final approved August minutes and obtain the complete application, engineering comments, cost allocation and landowner authorization.

CLM-015 · Project structuring · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico registered a Cedar Creek holding company on May 6 and the power-side construction operator on June 17, one day before the reported county grading and abatement filings.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0018, DOC-0019, DOC-0020

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain formation and ownership records sufficient to establish the entity chain, financing roles, contractual site control, and any guarantees among the project companies.

CLM-016 · Public subsidy · Pacifico Cedar Creek

The applicant’s own tax model implies roughly $143.7 million of requested power-side local and school-tax relief over ten years; this is an estimate, not an approved award, and excludes the undisclosed data-center-side application.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain both county applications, draft agreements, eligible-value schedules, fiscal reviews, final rates, and the data-center-side incentive model.

CLM-017 · Ohio alternative · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Official township minutes show that Pacifico had requested blank forms but filed no zoning or variance application before Muhlenberg Township imposed its one-year data-center moratorium.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008, DOC-0022, DOC-0023

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Ask the Comptroller to test whether the Ohio location was a genuinely executable alternative capable of satisfying the JETI compelling-factor requirement.

CLM-018 · Pipeline constraints · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Railroad Commission mapping shows four active transmission corridors crossing the listed parcels: two natural-gas systems, one crude-oil line, and one highly volatile-liquids line.

GIS screening resultConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0025

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain surveyed easements, operator records, crossing and setback plans, emergency coordination, and any gas lateral or metering-station application.

CLM-019 · Air-permit status · Pacifico Cedar Creek

As of August 9, no publicly identifiable Pacifico Cedar Creek project appears on TCEQ’s pending New Source Review list, despite the JETI filing describing the air authorization as in process.

Independent status checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0024

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Continue monitoring and obtain all air pre-application, application, deficiency, modeling, aggregation, and equipment records directly from TCEQ.

CLM-020 · Government relations · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Texas Ethics Commission disclosures show Pacifico Energy retained Austin lobbyist Jay P. Brown beginning August 14, 2025 and renewed the engagement for 2026.

Verified government disclosureConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0026, DOC-0027

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Track future disclosures and obtain public communications or meeting records involving project entities while avoiding unsupported inferences about official conduct.

CLM-021 · Water-service decision · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Aqua WSC's board tabled Item 13 and did not approve proposed Resolution No. 26.08.02 on August 4. Aqua's posted packet is marked DRAFT and TABLED and its signature lines are blank.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0028, DOC-0034

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the approved August minutes for the exact motion, seconder, tally and stated reason, and watch future agendas without assuming a return date.

CLM-026 · Water-system capacity · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Garver reports existing supply and firm pumping below the capacity ratios cited in its study and makes service to Pacifico's requested 14-gpm peak contingent on completion of Watterson-area wells, treatment, pumping, storage and approach-main projects.

Verified engineering recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0034, DOC-0035

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Publish a project-by-project CIP schedule, funding and cost allocation, completion evidence, operating permits and a common in-service date for every prerequisite.

CLM-027 · Conceptual campus design · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Aqua's open-record productions contain materially different February and May concept plans. The superseded February sheet shows two large data-center buildings and a compact power block; the May sheet shows four narrower buildings—two marked future—and a lengthened power block. This documents a redesign, not a final approved plan or a formal phase sequence.

Primary drawing with labeled interpretationConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0035, DOC-0037

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the final site plan, turbine and BESS schedules, building load allocation, cooling design, utility plan, grading sheets and phase schedule.

CLM-022 · AUS02 occupant identity · AUS02

The Texas Comptroller's qualifying-large-data-center register identifies CoreWeave as the occupant of EdgeConneX AU02, DFW33220N as owner, and DFW33220N Operations 1 as operator.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0002, DOC-0029

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Confirm commercial opening, operating load, water demand, backup-generation inventory, and compliance with the related county abatement and state sales-tax-exemption requirements.

CLM-023 · Data-center sales-tax exemption · AUS02

EdgeConneX AU02 and ECX AUS11-16 appear in the state's qualifying-large-data-center register, a program that provides a 20-year sales-and-use-tax exemption on qualifying purchases subject to statutory requirements.

Verified government program recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0029, DOC-0030, DOC-0031

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain certification materials that are public, track five-year investment and job verification, and distinguish these sales-tax exemptions from Pacifico's separate JETI and Chapter 312 requests.

CLM-024 · Pacifico air-permit comparison · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico's separate GW Ranch TCEQ record identifies 35 simple-cycle turbines, operating assumptions, emissions controls, and pollutant-specific allowable emissions—the type of project detail not yet public for Cedar Creek.

Verified separate-project comparisonConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0024, DOC-0032

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the Cedar Creek application and compare its turbine count, hours, startups, controls, emissions, modeling, and permit pathway with the separate GW Ranch record.

CLM-025 · Pacifico water-source track record · Pacifico Cedar Creek

At Pacifico's separate Fort Spunky project in Hood County, commissioners revoked a concept plan after the proposed utility water source fell through; Pacifico then sued the county, and the case remained pending when reported.

Independent separate-project contextConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0033

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Treat this as due-diligence context—not evidence about Cedar Creek impacts—and require a definitive, publicly documented Cedar Creek water source before local approval.