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Texas Data-Centre Development Research Desk
How can a data-centre development team maintain a traceable evidence record across power and project questions?
Decision question
How can a data-centre development team maintain a traceable evidence record across power and project questions?
What the public record supported
Texas data-centre development increasingly depends on grid-interconnection evidence, not simply land and demand narratives. ERCOT and the PUCT introduced a batch process for large loads and continued to update implementation in 2026. A DESK model can maintain the evolving record across power, interconnection, transmission and site-development questions.
Material findings
- In June 2026 the PUCT approved ERCOT's Batch Zero process for large users of 75 MW and above, explicitly
- The available public record supports a bounded answer but not a project- or counterparty-specific certification.
What Aperture examined
- ERCOT/PUCT large-load interconnection evidence relevant to Texas data-centre development.
- Batch Zero and evolving large-load processes in 2026.
- Power, transmission, site and schedule evidence record.
- A DESK model for keeping development assumptions current.
Boundaries
- Power-flow engineering study.
- Land, zoning or environmental legal opinion for a named site.
- Guaranteed energisation date.
- Project financing or investment advice.
How this demonstrates Aperture capability
This demonstration shows how Aperture frames a decision question, traces material claims to external evidence, separates what is established from what remains uncertain, and keeps the reliance boundary visible. It is designed to demonstrate the research and evidence method rather than imply a client engagement.
Relevant buyer context: Data-centre developers, investors and infrastructure teams.
Scenario: Recurring project-development evidence.
Evidence snapshot
13 cited sources · 19 controlled propositions · 30-page PDF snapshot
The PDF is retained as an optional dated snapshot. For current public presentation, use this web page.