Amazon files to develop two new data center campuses in Texas, expands Project Eagle

Amazon is moving to significantly expand its data center footprint across Texas, filing new applications with state regulators to develop two additional campuses and enlarge an existing project. The filings, submitted through subsidiary Amazon Data Services, underscore the company’s accelerating buildout in the state as demand for cloud infrastructure continues to surge.

In West Texas, Amazon has filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration (TDLR) to construct three data center buildings near Fort Stockton, collectively referred to as the Pecos County Data Center. The facilities, designated Buildings A, B, and C, will be located at 6000 TX-18 in Pecos County, approximately 11 miles north of Fort Stockton. Each building is planned to span 189,060 square feet and carry an estimated cost of $300 million, bringing the total investment for the campus to $900 million. Construction is scheduled to run from August through December 2026.

The Fort Stockton area has drawn attention from other major developers. AI startup Poolside is separately planning a large-scale campus known as Project Horizon on a 559-acre site near Longfellow Ranch, with an intended capacity of 2GW. That project was first announced in October 2025 alongside AI cloud provider CoreWeave, though CoreWeave has since withdrawn, leaving Poolside to seek a new partner. It remains unclear whether Amazon’s plans are connected to Poolside’s development.

Amazon has also filed plans this month for a second new campus in Floydada, a city in Floyd County roughly 45 miles northeast of Lubbock. The company will develop three buildings, designated B, C, and D, under the name Horizon Junction, at 1782 and 1774 County Road 241. As with the Fort Stockton project, each building will total 189,060 square feet with a $300 million investment per structure. Construction is expected to run from August 2026 to April 2027. The site currently houses the Floydada Country Club, a nine-hole semi-private golf course, though no public announcements have been made regarding the club’s closure or any nearby development plans.

Beyond the new campuses, Amazon has expanded the scope of its previously announced Project Eagle data center campus outside Houston in Boling, Wharton County. The company filed plans last month for four buildings and has now added six more, bringing the total to ten structures. All buildings are set to be 189,060 square feet with $300 million invested in each. The newly filed Buildings E through K will be located along Eaglewood Drive in Boling, with construction running from September 2026 to September 2027. The original four buildings, designated A through D, are also each planned at 189,060 square feet with $300 million investments; their construction will begin in August 2026, with the first three slated for completion by January 2027 and the fourth by August 2027.

AWS is pursuing several other large-scale projects across Texas. In May 2026, the company acquired 1,300 acres near Cedar Creek in Bastrop County, about 30 miles southeast of Austin, for a potential data center campus. Amazon also maintains a presence in San Antonio and has previously filed plans to develop in DeSoto, outside Dallas. Earlier this year, the firm filed to build a large campus adjacent to Vistra’s Comanche nuclear plant near Fort Worth, signaling a broader strategy of securing power-adjacent sites for its growing infrastructure needs.

The rapid expansion in Texas reflects a wider trend among cloud providers to invest heavily in new capacity, particularly in regions with available land and power resources. Amazon’s filings indicate a sustained commitment to scaling its data center operations, with multiple projects moving forward concurrently across the state.