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OperatingHyperscaleBuildingEllis County, Texas

Part of Google Midlothian

20% profile completeness
21 claims from 7 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Building footprint
145,000 sq ft[1]
Likelyderived
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Energized — operating
High confidence
Project verification
Verified operating
Operation documented by government record.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
United Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx) · ERCOT
Substation: Unnamed substation (138 kV) (nearest, unverified)

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredMar 13, 2018
    Government record
    • Mar 13, 2018 · Land acquisition / deed recorded[2]
    • Mar 13, 2018 · Deed recorded for parcel R000039829 (owner of record: Sharka LLC).[2]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Owner of record in county parcel data[2]
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionimplied by a later stage
  3. Energizationimplied by a later stage
  4. OperationalSep 27, 2026
    Community map · Government record
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · County land use: Market area COMM[2]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Government record, Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Google
  2. substation
    Unnamed substation (138 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 0.18 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    345 kV line[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.48 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
  4. utility
    United Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    ERCOT[4]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: ERCO
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

  • Midlothian Energy Facility (Natural Gas, 1620 MW) is 1.5 km away[7]
    EIA plant within 1.5 km; proximity does not establish that it supplies the facility
    Natural gasCo-located1.62 GWUnverified

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
32.44192, -97.06227
County
Ellis County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Sharka LLC(unreviewed)[2]Likely
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    Google[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Property owner of record
Operator
Google[1]Likely
Utility
United Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)(unreviewed)[3]Unverified

Most likely retail provider among 4 overlapping service territories (largest retail sales; territory polygons are approximate). Also overlapping: Hilco Electric Cooperative, INC., Navarro County Elec Coop, INC, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
ERCOT[4]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
ERCO[3]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Unnamed substation (138 kV)[1]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
0.2 km[1]Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
345 kV[1]Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
7.07¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
8.47¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
4.72 GW[7]Confirmedderived

30 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
5.87 GW[5]Confirmedderived

26 active generation interconnection requests in Ellis County: Storage 3,278 MW, Solar 1,641 MW, Gas 898 MW, Other 50 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
138 kV lineTransmission line0.18 km138 kV[1]
345 kV lineTransmission line0.48 km345 kV[1]
Tradinghouse - Venus 345kVTransmission line0.89 km345 kV[1]
Venus - Johnson 345kVTransmission line1.14 km345 kV[1]
Everman - Venus 345kVTransmission line1.23 km345 kV[1]
Midlothian Energy Facility · Midlothian Energy LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)1.5 km1.62 GW[7]
Ellis Solar LLC · 174 Power Global Corp.Power plant (Solar)2.9 km80 MW[7]
Bpl Files Solar · BPL Files Solar LLCPower plant (Solar)28.7 km145 MW[7]
Johnson County · Johnson County Power LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)32.8 km267 MW[7]
Mountain Creek · Mountain Creek Power, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)33.4 km808 MW[7]
Handley · Constellation Power, IncPower plant (Natural Gas)35.1 km1.25 GW[7]
Ennis Power Company LLC · Ennis Power Company LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)38.8 km360 MW[7]
Elm Branch Solar 1 · Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLCPower plant (Solar)40.8 km135 MW[7]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.18 km138 kV[1]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.29 km138 kV[1]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.38 km138 kV[1]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.64 km138 kV[1]
Venus Substation · OncorSubstation1.01 km345 kV[1]
Unnamed substationSubstation1.47 km—[1]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Kickstart Energy Storage VIERCOT 29INR0218 · Kickstart Infrastructure LLCStorageIn study · proposed 2029-121.03 GW[5]
Kickstart Energy Storage VERCOT 29INR0217 · Kickstart Infrastructure LLCStorageIn study · proposed 2029-12999 MW[5]
Victory Ellis – GasERCOT 29INR0264 · Victory Ellis, LLCGasIn study · proposed 2030-09466 MW[5]
Victory Ellis–BESSERCOT 28INR0529 · Victory Ellis, LLCStorageIn study · proposed 2030-09453 MW[5]
Two Step SolarERCOT 29INR0196 · Two Step Solar, LLCSolarIn study · proposed 2029-09402 MW[5]
Digital Ranch GasERCOT 28INR0100 · MCV 1 LLCGasIn study · proposed 2027-12378 MW[5]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    Mar 13, 2018[2]
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year
  • $596.9M[2]
    Market value · tax year 2026 · parcel R000039829
  • $30.6M[2]
    Market value — land · tax year 2026 · parcel R000039829
  • $566.4M[2]
    Market value — improvements · tax year 2026 · parcel R000039829
Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

ParcelRecord ownerAcresZoning / useBuilding sq ftSource
R000039829
Ellis County, TX
SHARKA LLC
PO BOX 28190, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
351.5Market area COMM—[2]
Site area
351.5 acres[2]Likely

Sum of county land area across parcels.

Land use
Market area COMM[2]Likely
Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

Size

Building footprint
145,000 sq ft[1]Likelyderived

Computed from the mapped OSM building outline.

Parcel / land records
R000039829 (Ellis County)[2]Likely
Floor area
Not yet sourced

What changed (last 3 years)

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No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

  1. Mar 13, 2018[2]

    Deed recorded for parcel R000039829 (owner of record: Sharka LLC).

Other buildings on this campus

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All claims (provenance audit)

21
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameGoogleway/844386860 name=Google[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Facility typeHyperscale[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Property owner of recordSharka LLCParcel R000039829: SHARKA LLC[2] Likely2026-09-27Shown
OperatorGoogleoperator=Google[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
UtilityUnited Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)territory 19490: UNITED ELECTRIC COOP SERVICE INC - (TX) (COOPERATIVE, UNITED EL[3] derivedUnverified2022Shown
ISO / RTOERCOTELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC.[4] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityERCO[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationUnnamed substation (138 kV)way/1302774827[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.2 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby345 kV[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county5.87 GW[5] derivedConfirmed2026-09-01Shown
State avg. industrial price7.07¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price8.47¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km4.72 GW[7] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Building footprint145,000 sq ft[1] derivedLikely2026-09-27Shown
Site area351.5 acres[2] Likely2026-09-27Shown
Parcel / land recordsR000039829 (Ellis County)[2] Likely2026-09-27Shown
Assessed value (official)$596.9M[2] Likely2026Shown
Land useMarket area COMM[2] Likely2026-09-27Shown
Land acquiredMar 13, 2018[2] derivedLikely2026-09-27Shown