Texas Data Center Watch- Status
- Approved (conditional)
- Developer / parties
- Sailfish
- Location
- Comanche Circle area, Hood County
- Size
- 2,102 acres (county notice of conditional approval)
- Concerns / impacts
- Residents cited noise from an existing Bitcoin mine, water use (KERA, archived)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-03
Milestones
- Dec 3 2025 concept plan submitted
- Jan 13 2026 Commissioners Court conditionally approved the concept plan 4-1, Comm. Eagle voting no (Jan 13 minutes, official)
- KERA (archived) reports conditions on drainage, wastewater, landscape impact and power generation to be addressed "within 45 days". Tally conflict: Feb 10 minutes record "Post motion discussion by Comm. Eagle regarding he and Comm. Samuelson were the two 'no' votes when the first conditional approval was done" (official)
- tracker follows the Jan 13 tally
- Feb 10 2026 court added conditions 3-2 (nay Eagle, Samuelson), and a motion to amend regulations to allow moratoriums failed 2-3, so the moratorium item was pulled (minutes)
- Feb 10 2026 county issued revised notice of conditional approval
Related records
2026-02-10
Commissioners court Official record
Minutes: Comanche Circle conditions modified 3-2; moratorium-enabling amendments fail 2-3; moratorium item pulled.
Source: hoodcountytx.documents-on-demand.com ↗2026-01-13
Commissioners court Official record
Minutes: Commissioners Court conditionally approves Comanche Circle concept plan 4-1 (nay Comm. Eagle).
Source: hoodcountytx.documents-on-demand.com ↗Sources
- News report web.archive.org
- Official record hoodcountytx.documents-on-demand.com
- Official record hoodcountytx.documents-on-demand.com
- Official record hoodcountytx.documents-on-demand.com
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