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Texas · ERCOT

North Lake

Composite

StrongNo power constraintreadiness 89· 93% confidence

Retired Texas generating station on ERCOT with full power availability and low power cost. Strong tier with no power constraint; the cooling-climate load is the weakest input.

Grid difficulty: too little local interconnection history in this county to score it honestly.

County power · market time-to-power 2 to 4 years · headroom constrained

Strong local interconnection redundancy tempers the county-level CONSTRAINED read toward MODERATE.

Active regulatory watch on this market since 2026-08-03.

County/market-level screening read, not a utility will-serve confirmation or a Phase 1 ESA.

Top 3 risks to clear

Climate and cooling (21)
Confirm the cooling-load assumption for this climate.
Incentives (25)
No confirmed abatement at this parcel, verify eligibility.
Parcel (40)
Verify this factor directly before you commit.

Questions to ask before you commit

Is the existing interconnection agreement assignable, and at what MW?
What is the site's real deliverable power versus nameplate?
Any active local moratorium or zoning constraint on data-center use?

Not assessed for this site: Land / parcel, Land cost.

Verified facts

Existing grid interconnectionyes

Former plant nameplate708 MW

Grid voltage at POI138 kV

Flood designationzone X, not in a floodway

Evidence in the Deal Pack

Substation

NORTH LAKE 138 kV, 0.1 mi

Substation

Unnamed substation 345 kV, 1.6 mi

Serving utility

Oncor Electric Delivery Company Llc, Texas-New Mexico Power Co, City Of Garland - (Tx), Hilco Electric Cooperative, Inc., Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (Tx), Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

Parcel of record

Temporarily unavailable: the underlying parcel data source is being restored, for every Deal Pack right now, not gated by tier.

Additional site intelligence

Power-path optionality: 29 substations in reach, nearest banks at 138/345 kV. Supports the 2N (dual substation) redundancy this load size typically expects.

Water-source optionality: 25 surface-water sources in reach (cooling-supply candidates). Volume and water rights are assessed at diligence.

Wildfire hazard (county): Relatively Low

Earthquake loss risk (county): Relatively Moderate

Seismic design category: B

Nearest dam: North Lake Dam, High-hazard, 0.2 mi

High-hazard dams within 6 mi: 4

Wetland share of parcel (approximate): 24.9%

Public water service area: outside a mapped service area

Nearest solar farm: Verizon Hidden Ridge Solar Project, 2.9 MW AC, 5.2 mi

Nearest wind turbine: Apogee Stadium Wind, 20.3 mi

Renewables PPA optionality: 6 solar / 2 wind projects in reach, potential PPA counterparties.

Large-load regulatory readiness: Unstructured (as of 2026-06-30)

Nearest major road: 2.1 mi

Nearest local road: Moore Rd, 0.1 mi

Nearest mainline rail: 0.3 mi

Nearest submarine cable: Pan-American Crossing (PAC), 884.4 mi

Design wet-bulb temperature (approximate): 77.6°F

Terrain / slope: flat (0.74%)

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Estimated deliverable capacity

deliverable MW held · 93% confidence

A modeled screening estimate, the figure is in the full read.

Full dimension breakdown, with confidence

power dimension

Power availability

Interconnection

Power cost

Transmission

Reliability and carbon

Water

Environmental

Zoning and permitting

Natural hazard

Fiber and latency

Community and political

Incentives

Climate and cooling

Parcel

Power: clear. Strong on every power dimension, so nothing here holds the composite back.

Diligence read

Advance to diligencedeliverable MW held

$13.0M / MW

Capex (benchmark)

🔒 held

Total build (modeled)

Months to energize

In the full build

pending deal terms

IRR

Federal ITC: 30% on on-site energy property

State incentive: TX: data-center sales/use-tax exemption (investment + jobs thresholds)

What could derail it: Climate and cooling (21), Incentives (25), Parcel (40)

Capex, ITC, and build figures are labeled public-benchmark assumptions, not quotes. IRR is left uncomputed until real lease or PPA terms are supplied, revenue is never invented.

Solution hooks

Cooling-water fit: moderate. A workable cooling-water route exists. The route, the source, and the permit path unlock in the full build.

Every gap the Deal Pack diagnoses gets a held solution hook. The answer, the route and the specifics, is the paid engagement.

Evidence and filings

Interconnection status on file
Retirement and capacity records on file
Flood determination, streamflow, and habitat checks on file
Regulatory filings tracked for this footprint

Every fact is cited. Data provenance is disclosed to the buyer under NDA.

Live grid profile · ERCOT

fossil 54.6%nuclear 7.2%renewable 38.5%

2.68 c/kWhday-ahead average

low volatility, spikes to 7.2 c/kWh

Regulatory signals

MED2026-06-23 · National
US sees record Q1 2026 energy-storage installations
MED2026-06-24 · National
First Street: 79% of global data-center capacity faces acute climate hazards

Detected and triaged automatically, refreshed nightly.

The route, the enabling supply, and the schedule for every gap this Deal Pack flagged are engineered in the full build.Scope the full build →

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