Denton County, Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 5 AI data centers in Denton County, Texas — 1 operating and 2 in the pipeline, drawing 811 MW of reported power demand. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 10
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Denton County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 811 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 23 standardized 36 MW campuses in Denton County by 2035 — roughly 828 MW of new electricity demand and ~801 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 70 campuses (2.5 GW). For scale, we currently track 5 real data centers in Denton County (811 MW of reported power).
- Low growth15540 MW · ~522 M gal/yr cooling water
- Moderate growth23828 MW · ~801 M gal/yr cooling water
- High growth351.3 GW · ~1.2 billion gal/yr cooling water
- Higher growth702.5 GW · ~2.4 billion gal/yr cooling water
The model assigns ~100% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in Denton County (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.
These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qumulus AI Denton | Qumulus AI | Proposed | 20 |
| CoreWeave / Core Scientific Denton Denton | Core Scientific, Inc. | Under construction | 400 |
| Denton Data Center Denton | — | 391 | |
| Citigroup Technology INC | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Charles Schwab Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the Denton County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.