Korea, US Back $22B Texas Gas-to-Data Center Project Star
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Dallas – September 30, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Republic of Korea have selected Related Companies and NextEra Energy Resources, working with Lewis Energy Group, to build Project Star, a $22-billion-plus energy campus in Encinal, Texas, delivering 6.47 gigawatts (GW) of natural gas-fired generation.
Gas plant will directly power a 5 GW data center campus next door
At full scale, the generation facility will supply a privately funded 5 GW data center campus under development by Related Digital on an adjacent site, with surplus capacity fed back into the grid. The structure aligns with Texas Governor Greg Abbott's mandate that data center developers bring their own generation onto the ERCOT system rather than draw solely on existing utility supply.