Google is planting a massive flag in the Texas Panhandle. The company announced the Meitner Energy Center, a new data center paired with more than 1 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity across Gray and Roberts counties, as part of a broader $40 billion investment to build out cloud and AI infrastructure in the state through 2027.
That $40 billion figure makes Texas Google’s largest state-level commitment in the US for cloud and AI infrastructure.
What the Meitner Energy Center actually is
The project is a partnership between Google and Intersect, an energy infrastructure company that broke ground on initial elements of the Meitner project in late 2025 and early 2026. The center combines a data center with a portfolio of energy assets: wind, solar, battery storage, and on-site gas-fired generation for reliability.
The battery storage component alone is expected to reach 3 gigawatt-hours, serving as a buffer when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.
