Intersect Power Files for New Texas Data Center Amid Alphabet Acquisition
February 9, 2026
The strategic expansion of data center infrastructure, particularly in regions with abundant renewable energy, is becoming a critical driver for the AI and cloud computing boom. This trend underscores the industry's push to align massive computing demands with sustainable power sources, a key factor for major technology firms. Intersect Power, a clean energy company in the process of being acquired by Alphabet, Google's parent company, has filed an application with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to develop a new data center. The filing, listed under the name "Project Pumpkin 2A," proposes the construction of a single-story data center building and associated utility structures on a site in Miami, Texas. The project represents a significant investment, with construction scheduled to run from February 2026 to December 2027 and an estimated cost of $400 million. The planned facility will span 761,000 square feet. The site owner is listed as IP Meitner Land LLC, a known affiliate of Intersect Power. While the application lists Miami in Gray County—a likely administrative error, as Miami is in Roberts County—the filing is closely linked to Intersect's larger, $3 billion "Meitner Project" data center campus under development in nearby Pampa, Gray County. That flagship project, which broke ground in December 2025, aims to build three facilities totaling 2 million square feet with a behind-the-meter power capacity of 840 megawatts. This new filing highlights Intersect Power's pivot from its original plans for a green hydrogen facility to focusing exclusively on data centers, capitalizing on its core expertise in renewable energy. The company currently operates a portfolio of 2.2 gigawatts of solar PV and 2.4 gigawatt-hours of battery storage, primarily in Texas and California. The development is a direct continuation of a partnership first established with Google in 2024 to co-locate data centers with clean power generation. The move signals a deeper convergence between the energy and digital infrastructure sectors. For Alphabet, the impending acquisition of Intersect Power provides a direct pathway to secure scalable, renewable power for its expanding data center operations, a crucial advantage in a competitive and sustainability-conscious market. It also positions Intersect as a vertically integrated player, capable of delivering both the clean electricity and the mission-critical facilities demanded by hyperscalers and AI workloads.
Source: datacenterdynamics
