Overview
- Google and Intersect have begun construction on the Meitner Energy Center, a co-located data center and generation complex sited in Gray and Roberts counties in the Texas Panhandle.
- The site will combine over 1 GW of wind, solar and battery capacity and is planned to include roughly 3 gigawatt-hours of battery storage plus limited on-site gas for reliability.
- The facility is being designed to run on clean power from day one, operate behind the meter and use air cooling to avoid on-site water withdrawals for cooling.
- Construction support and worker housing are planned through an 800-acre Caprock Workforce Hub in nearby Wheeler County that could support up to 3,500 jobs during buildout.
- The project follows Alphabet’s acquisition of Intersect and forms part of Google’s roughly $40 billion push into Texas cloud and AI infrastructure, reflecting a shift toward owning local generation to manage grid limits and interconnection risk.