Independent public-interest researchEvidence verified through August 10, 2026
Regional investigation

The FM 535 infrastructure corridor

AUS02, EDCAUS11, EDCAUS12, and Pacifico must be tracked as separate legal projects—and evaluated together where their infrastructure demands and impacts accumulate.

Claim status

An emerging cluster is an inference—with a traceable basis

The conclusion is based on the concentration, scale, timing, and addresses in four filed records. It is not proof that every project shares an owner, tenant, utility plan, or development agreement.

Project registry

Separate records, corrected identities

TDLR construction fields and the Comptroller's owner, operator, and occupant registrations are reported separately; unsupported affiliation claims are not carried forward.

CC-001Proposed / permitting

Pacifico Cedar Creek Generation Facility

A proposed 710 MW behind-the-meter natural-gas generation facility. The filing retains approximately 490 MW of associated IT load and anticipates a data-center operator as a primary off-taker for part of the output.

Owner of record
Pacifico Cedar Creek LLC
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
Active construction-stormwater coverage now identifies Black Chamber Partners on the 304-acre data-center side and Pacifico CCK Energy 1 on the 173.54-acre power side. These authorizations are not approval of the overall project.
Open primary record
FM535-001Construction / 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 record
FM535-002TDLR 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 record
FM535-003TDLR 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 record
Corridor watch · August 9

A deed index and preliminary financing report—kept separate from Pacifico

These are new Cedar Creek corridor signals, not evidence that Amazon or EdgeConneX is connected to Pacifico's proposed campus.

Official index entryInstrument 202613191 · Aug. 5

Amazon Data Services appears in a new deed index

Grantor: CTX Service Partners · acreage unresolved

The county real-property index says “SEE INSTRUMENT,” so the exact parcels and acreage cannot yet be stated. The entry may supplement or clean up Amazon's previously documented Creekside acquisition; it does not connect Amazon to Pacifico.

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Early financing reportReported Aug. 4

EdgeConneX considers up to $4 billion in debt

Discussed—not committed or raised

Bloomberg reports early discussions about financing an EdgeConneX Cedar Creek data-center project. The report concerns the separate EdgeConneX corridor development, not Pacifico or Black Chamber.

Read the Bloomberg report
New corridor records · July 29

CoreWeave is named—and a second EdgeConneX registration is active

These state registrations concern the existing FM 535 corridor, not Pacifico's proposed Cedar Creek campus. They sharpen the cumulative picture without merging separate legal projects.

Verified government recordEffective July 11, 2025

CoreWeave is the registered AUS02 occupant

Owner: DFW33220N · Operator: DFW33220N Operations 1

The Texas Comptroller's qualifying-large-data-center list supplies the occupant identity missing from the TDLR construction filing. Community Impact reports the $440 million building is expected to open in August; operation has not yet been independently confirmed.

Verified government program recordSeparate registration effective April 24, 2026

ECX AUS11-16 also enters the 20-year exemption program

Outside end customer still not publicly identified

The state lists EdgeConneX affiliates as owner, occupant, and operator for ECX AUS11-16. That is not proof that CoreWeave or any other outside customer occupies those buildings. The registration sits inside a statewide exemption program that Senate Finance is now reviewing as its projected cost grows.

Cumulative review

The questions no single filing answers

These workstreams define the regional dossier now being built.

01

Power

What is the combined operating load, backup-generation fleet, substation buildout, and transmission or pipeline infrastructure?

02

Water

What are the combined construction and operating demands, sources, treatment needs, and drought-year constraints?

03

Fire & emergency

What simultaneous incidents are plausible, who responds, and what staffing, apparatus, foam, fire-water, and mutual aid are available?

04

Roads & evacuation

How do construction traffic, heavy-haul routes, employee traffic, emergency access, and wildfire evacuation interact on the same road network?

05

Air & noise

What is the total permitted combustion inventory, including main generation, emergency engines, testing schedules, and continuous noise sources?

06

Land & ecology

What cumulative clearing, fragmentation, drainage change, lighting, and edge effects occur across the corridor rather than within one permit boundary?