Google Midlothian
POWER & GRID
Time-to-power · verification · interconnectionPower reality
Project verification
- Announcedimplied by a later stage
- Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
- Permittingimplied by a later stage
- Interconnection application
- Feasibility study
- System impact study
- Facilities study
- Interconnection agreement / service contract
- Financing
- EnergizationApr 19, 2026
Satellite imagery
- Apr 19, 2026 · Building 1 is probably mostly operational despite some cooling towers yet to be installed. In the original building permit Google only expected to build 6 new cooling towers, but t[1]
- OperationalApr 19, 2026
● 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, Model estimate, Satellite imagery.
Grid path
- →facilityGoogle Midlothian
- →substationSatellite imageryLikely2 substation outlines traced inside the campus on satellite imagery; OSM maps Unnamed substation 0.4 km away
- →transmission345 kV line[6]Proximity onlyUnverifiedHighest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.68 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
- →utilityUnited Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)[3]Service territoryLikelyRetail service territory containing the site
- 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 1.4 km away[9]EIA plant within 1.5 km; proximity does not establish that it supplies the facilityNatural gasCo-located1.62 GWUnverified
Location & imagery
Mapped outline- Coordinates
- 32.44200, -97.05978
- Address
- County
- Ellis County
No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.
Ownership, operation & customers
- 1. Property owner of record
- 2. Owner / developer
- 3. OperatorNot identified
- 4. Tenant / cloudNot identified
- 5. End customer / workloadNot 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
- Utility
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
Estimated total facility power (IT plus cooling and overhead) at the latest observed milestone.
- Current IT capacity
Estimated IT load currently online, based on buildings observed operational.
- Estimated annual consumption
123 MW × 8,760 h × 70% utilization.
- 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
Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.
- Balancing authority
Control area of the containing utility territory.
- Nearest mapped substation
Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.
- Distance to substation
- Highest-voltage line nearby
Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.
- State avg. industrial price
Texas statewide average, July 2026.
- State avg. commercial price
Texas statewide average, July 2026.
- Generation within 50 km
30 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.
- Generation queued in county
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 infrastructure | Type | Distance | Voltage / capacity | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 kV line | Transmission line | 0.38 km | 138 kV | [6] |
| 345 kV line | Transmission line | 0.68 km | 345 kV | [6] |
| Tradinghouse - Venus 345kV | Transmission line | 1.12 km | 345 kV | [6] |
| Venus - Johnson 345kV | Transmission line | 1.37 km | 345 kV | [6] |
| Everman - Venus 345kV | Transmission line | 1.45 km | 345 kV | [6] |
| Midlothian Energy Facility · Midlothian Energy LLC | Power plant (Natural Gas) | 1.4 km | 1.62 GW | [9] |
| Ellis Solar LLC · 174 Power Global Corp. | Power plant (Solar) | 2.8 km | 80 MW | [9] |
| Bpl Files Solar · BPL Files Solar LLC | Power plant (Solar) | 28.7 km | 145 MW | [9] |
| Johnson County · Johnson County Power LLC | Power plant (Natural Gas) | 33 km | 267 MW | [9] |
| Mountain Creek · Mountain Creek Power, LLC | Power plant (Natural Gas) | 33.3 km | 808 MW | [9] |
| Handley · Constellation Power, Inc | Power plant (Natural Gas) | 35.2 km | 1.25 GW | [9] |
| Ennis Power Company LLC · Ennis Power Company LLC | Power plant (Natural Gas) | 38.6 km | 360 MW | [9] |
| Elm Branch Solar 1 · Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Power plant (Solar) | 40.6 km | 135 MW | [9] |
| Unnamed substation | Substation | 0.4 km | 138 kV | [6] |
| Unnamed substation | Substation | 0.41 km | 138 kV | [6] |
| Unnamed substation | Substation | 0.56 km | 138 kV | [6] |
| Unnamed substation | Substation | 0.87 km | 138 kV | [6] |
| Venus Substation · Oncor | Substation | 1.24 km | 345 kV | [6] |
| Unnamed substation | Substation | 1.62 km | — | [6] |
| Largest queued generation in this county | Fuel | Queue status | MW | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickstart Energy Storage VIERCOT 29INR0218 · Kickstart Infrastructure LLC | Storage | In study · proposed 2029-12 | 1.03 GW | [7] |
| Kickstart Energy Storage VERCOT 29INR0217 · Kickstart Infrastructure LLC | Storage | In study · proposed 2029-12 | 999 MW | [7] |
| Victory Ellis – GasERCOT 29INR0264 · Victory Ellis, LLC | Gas | In study · proposed 2030-09 | 466 MW | [7] |
| Victory Ellis–BESSERCOT 28INR0529 · Victory Ellis, LLC | Storage | In study · proposed 2030-09 | 453 MW | [7] |
| Two Step SolarERCOT 29INR0196 · Two Step Solar, LLC | Solar | In study · proposed 2029-09 | 402 MW | [7] |
| Digital Ranch GasERCOT 28INR0100 · MCV 1 LLC | Gas | In study · proposed 2027-12 | 378 MW | [7] |
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
Real estate
None sourced yet
None sourced yet
| Parcel | Record owner | Acres | Zoning / use | Building sq ft | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R000039829 Ellis County, TX | SHARKA LLC PO BOX 28190, SCOTTSDALE, AZ | 351.5 | Market area COMM | — | [2] |
- Site area
Sum of county land area across parcels.
- Land use
- Capital cost / investment
Modeled total capital cost (2025 USD) of capacity currently operational, incl. compute hardware.
- Annual property tax
- Not yet sourced
Size
- Parcel / land records
- Floor area
- Not yet sourced
Compute
What changed (last 3 years)
Follow this facility (RSS)Timeline
- Nov 28, 2023[1]
Visible land clearing around the area for Building 1
- Oct 1, 2024[1]
Building 1 roof is complete.
Building 1 is probably mostly operational despite some cooling towers yet to be installed. In the original building permit Google only expected to build 6 new cooling towers, but they've extended the row further. This might be to support new chips with denser power configurations. Across the road, you can see the beginnings of land development for what is likely an expansion of the site, but we don't have any details on it yet.
Estimated full completion of the expanded row of cooling towers and backup generators for Building 1.
- Mar 13, 2018[2]
Deed recorded for parcel R000039829 (owner of record: Sharka LLC).
Buildings on this campus
3All claims (provenance audit)
40| Field | Value | Source | Confidence | As of | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Google Midlothian | [1] | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Status | Under construction | [1] derived | Likely | 2023-11-28 | Superseded / alternative |
| Status | Under construction | [1] derived | Likely | 2024-10-01 | Superseded / alternative |
| Status | Operating + expanding | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-04-19 | Superseded / alternative |
| Status | Operating | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Facility type | AI campus | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Address | 3250 Railport Parkway, Midlothian, TX 76065 | [1] | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Property owner of record | Sharka LLCParcel R000039829: SHARKA LLC | [2] | Likely | 2026-09-27 | Shown |
| Owner | GoogleOwner: Google | [1] | Confirmed | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Utility | United Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)territory 19490: UNITED ELECTRIC COOP SERVICE INC - (TX) (COOPERATIVE, UNITED EL | [3] derived | Unverified | 2022 | Shown |
| Current facility power | 123 MW | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Current facility power | 82 MW | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-04-19 | Superseded / alternative |
| Current IT capacity | 103 MW | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Current IT capacity | 69 MW | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-04-19 | Superseded / alternative |
| Estimated annual consumption | 754 GWh/yr | [4] estimated | Speculative | 2026-09-29 | Shown |
| ISO / RTO | ERCOTELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC. | [5] derived | Likely | — | Shown |
| Balancing authority | ERCO | [3] derived | Likely | — | Shown |
| Nearest mapped substation | Unnamed substation (138 kV)way/1302774827 | [6] derived | Likely | 2026-09-28 | Shown |
| Distance to substation | 0.4 km | [6] derived | Likely | 2026-09-28 | Shown |
| Highest-voltage line nearby | 345 kV | [6] derived | Likely | 2026-09-28 | Shown |
| Generation queued in county | 5.87 GW | [7] derived | Confirmed | 2026-09-01 | Shown |
| State avg. industrial price | 7.07¢/kWh | [8] | Confirmed | 2026-07 | Shown |
| State avg. commercial price | 8.47¢/kWh | [8] | Confirmed | 2026-07 | Shown |
| Generation within 50 km | 4.72 GW | [9] derived | Confirmed | 202502 | Shown |
| Buildings (planned) | 2 | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Buildings operational | 1 | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Buildings operational | 0 | [1] estimated | Likely | 2023-11-28 | Superseded / alternative |
| Buildings operational | 0 | [1] estimated | Likely | 2024-10-01 | Superseded / alternative |
| Buildings operational | 1 | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-04-19 | Superseded / alternative |
| Site area | 351.5 acres | [2] | Likely | 2026-09-27 | Shown |
| Capital cost / investment | $3.9B | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Parcel / land records | R000039829 (Ellis County) | [2] | Likely | 2026-09-27 | Shown |
| Assessed value (official) | $596.9M | [2] | Likely | 2026 | Shown |
| Land use | Market area COMM | [2] | Likely | 2026-09-27 | Shown |
| Compute (H100-equivalents) | 143,600 | [1] estimated | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Chip types | TPU v7 | [1] | Confirmed | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Chip types | TPU v6e | [1] | Confirmed | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| Land acquired | Mar 13, 2018 | [2] derived | Likely | 2026-09-27 | Shown |
| Construction start | Nov 28, 2023 | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |
| First operational | Apr 19, 2026 | [1] derived | Likely | 2026-07-01 | Shown |