Project dossier · Turkey (Hall County), Texas

QTS / Lancium Turkey TX In review

$10B+ GW-scale data center campus in Turkey, Texas.

Key facts

Operator: QTS / Lancium
Location: Turkey (Hall County), Texas
Stage today: In review

What to do next

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

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What has happened so far (9 events)

2025-06-05public-comment
Lancium held a town hall in Turkey, Texas drawing dozens of residents for a three-and-a-half-hour discussion; CEO Michael McNamara answered questions. · source
2025-06-09incentive
Hall County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a property tax abatement for Lancium Clean Campus: 75% abatement phased across 10 annual increments, below the 85% Lancium had originally requested. · source
2026-07-13announcement
QTS and Lancium formally announced a joint $10B+ data center campus on Lancium Clean Campus near Turkey: up to 11 buildings across ~465 acres, 1GW grid connection, Lancium supplying dedicated solar/battery and funding 100% of energy infrastructure; closed-loop cooling designed to use no water. · source
2026-07-13coverage
Trade and local press (DatacenterDynamics, Baxtel, ABC7 Amarillo) covered the QTS/Lancium Hall County announcement, reiterating the 11-building, 465-acre, 1GW, $10B campus figures. · source
2026-07-17coverage
NewsChannel 10 reported on the project, quoting Hall County Judge Ray Powell and noting water would come from onsite wells rather than Turkey municipal supply. · source
2026-08-05moratorium
Gov. Abbott ordered PUC of Texas and ERCOT to audit every data center in the interconnection queue (~1,800 projects) before further grid-connection approvals, affecting all pending Texas data center interconnections including large-load projects like Lancium Turkey campus. · source
2026-08-10coverage
Lancium issued a statement supporting Gov. Abbott transparency/accountability push, with CEO McNamara pledging verified power/water reporting, full grid-upgrade funding, and closed-loop cooling. · source
2026-08-12public-comment
ABC7 Amarillo reported Hall County residents raising concerns about water usage and housing-cost strain; QTS responded closed-loop buildings would use ~50,000 gallons/month each (about five single-family homes) and most workers housed on-site. · source
2026-08-14public-comment
QTS and Lancium held a community engagement meeting at Valley High School (5:30-7:30 PM) to address resident concerns on tax revenue, school/workforce partnerships, and infrastructure support. · 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 Turkey (Hall 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 Turkey (Hall 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.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “QTS / Lancium Turkey TX”, aigridwatch.com/projects/qts-lancium-turkey-tx, retrieved 2026-10-11.

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing

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