Flexential Kaufman County Approved
Fourth and largest Flexential DFW-area facility; 110-acre site supports up to three 36MW buildings (108MW total); Phase 1 is 375,000 sq ft / 36MW, site work starting early 2027.
Key facts
- Operator
- Flexential
- Size
- 108 MW
- Acres
- 110
- Location
- Talty (Kaufman County), Texas
- Stage today
- Approved
What to do next
Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.
What has happened so far (6 events)
- 2026-01-01filing
The Flexential project site near Talty was released from the City of Talty extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) under Texas state law after a petition was filed with Kaufman County, leaving Talty with no regulatory authority over the site. · source - 2026-07-01coverage
Data Center Dynamics reported Flexential acquisition of 110 acres outside Dallas for a planned 108 MW campus, noting the design targets closed-loop cooling with zero water usage. · source - 2026-07-28announcement
Flexential announced it purchased 110 acres in Kaufman County near Talty to build its fourth and largest Dallas-area data center campus, with Phase 1 comprising a 375,000 sq ft, 36 MW building and full build-out potential of 108 MW across three buildings. · source - 2026-07-29coverage
Connect CRE reported Flexential land acquisition for a 375,000 sq ft, 36 MW first-phase data center about 20 minutes east of Dallas in Talty, citing Cushman and Wakefield ranking of Dallas as the world top data center market. · source - 2026-08-01coverage
Unite.AI reported Flexential had secured 36 MW of power for the first building — exceeding the combined electrical capacity of its three existing Dallas-area facilities (28.4 MW). · source - 2026-08-06coverage
Local press reported Talty officials say the city has no regulatory authority over the Flexential site because the property was released from the city ETJ earlier in 2026 after a Kaufman County petition. · source
Find the paper trail
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)
State environmental permits
Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.
- Texas TCEQ — Air Permits DivisionThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
- TCEQ Central RegistrySearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.
County & town filings
The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.
- Search Talty (Kaufman County) planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
- Search Talty (Kaufman County) property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.
Utility & grid records
The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.
- ERCOT (Texas) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
- FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
- Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.
Federal databases
Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.
- EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
- EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
- EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.
Around here
- Texas briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.
Other tracked projects in Texas
- Aligned Data Centers Hale County — Hale County Under construction
- Amazon Floydada campus — Floydada (Floyd County) In review
- Amazon Fort Stockton campus — Fort Stockton (Pecos County) Under construction
- BCG Cedar Creek Campus — Cedar Creek (Bastrop County) Awaiting decision
- Black Mountain Energy Fort Worth — Fort Worth Approved
Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Flexential Kaufman County”, aigridwatch.com/projects/flexential-kaufman-tx, retrieved 2026-10-11.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
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