Black Mountain Savoy / Bells Data Center Project

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No street address, acreage, megawatt load, cost, or jobs figure for the data center itself has been published. The megawatt figures available describe the associated gas generation, not data center load. The 33.604377, -96.371247 coordinate published by Global Energy Monitor belongs to the Fannin County Power Plant units and must not be reused as the data center location. Whether 'Fannin County Power Plant' (Fort Worth Power Core LLC, 446 MW) and 'Black Mountain Fannin Gas' (990.6 MW) are the same project at different stages is unresolved. | Original status detail: "proposed"

Key data: NOT_FOUND | ERCOT | NOT_FOUND | NOT_FOUND

Claim classification: Not yet assigned

Status date: 2026-09-05

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Developer: Black Mountain, a Fort Worth-based energy and digital infrastructure group (CEO Rhett Bennett); related entity Black Mountain Power LLC | Permit applicant: Black Mountain Power LLC is the interconnecting entity for the associated 990.6 MW Black Mountain Fannin Gas generation request; Fort Worth Power Core LLC is listed as owner of the Fannin County Power Plant units | County: Fannin | Research region: Temple-Killeen-Waco / Bryan-College Station / Texoma

Claim classification: Not yet assigned

Status date: 2026-09-05

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Key data: Utility region: ERCOT North | Grid area: ERCOT | Substations: Valley SES #1690 (345 kV) named as the point of interconnection for the associated gas generation request | Grid/market records: Black Mountain Fannin Gas, ERCOT interconnection request 29INR0191, 990.6 MW gas generation, Active In Queue, queue date 2026-06-04, POI 345 kV Valley SES #1690 (queue mirror)

Claim classification: Not yet assigned

Status date: 2026-09-05

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Key data: Water demand: A resident told the Fannin County Commissioners Court the project would need about 5 million gallons of water per day, with roughly 70% evaporating and 30% returned to the aquifer; the same figure appears in public comment filed with the Texas House Committee on State Affairs

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Key data: Jurisdictions: State of Texas | Fannin County | Grayson County | ERCOT | TCEQ (air permitting for associated generation)

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Residents raised concerns that an associated power plant could sit roughly 0.6 miles from Savoy Elementary School

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Fannin County Commissioners Court adopted a data center resolution unanimously on 2026-03-31 following resident testimony

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Neighboring residents in Bells reported learning of land contracting around their properties only indirectly; Black Mountain declined to comment to reporters

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Reported daily water demand of about 5 million gallons with roughly 70% evaporative loss (resident testimony)

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Associated gas generation of 446-990.6 MW would require TCEQ air permitting

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Key data: Surrounding infrastructure: 345 kV Valley SES substation identified as the interconnection point for the associated gas project

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Status date: 2026-09-05

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Black Mountain confirms it is exploring a data center near Bells

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Status date: 2026-03

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Fannin County Commissioners Court unanimously passes a data center resolution after resident testimony about the Savoy project

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Status date: 2026-03-31

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Public comment on the Savoy project's water use filed with the Texas House Committee on State Affairs hearing

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Status date: 2026-04-09

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Black Mountain Fannin Gas 990.6 MW generation interconnection request enters the ERCOT queue

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Status date: 2026-06-04

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At the Fannin County Commissioners Court, resident James Cordell said the planned Savoy-area data center would use about 5 million gallons of water per day, with about 70% evaporating and 30% returned to the aquifer; commissioners then unanimously passed a data center resolution on March 31, 2026.

Key data: ~5,000,000 gallons/day claimed; 70% evaporative loss

Claim classification: RESIDENT_CLAIM · Verification: PUBLIC_TESTIMONY_UNVERIFIED · Retrieved: 2026-09-05

Status date: 2026-03-31

Limitation: Figure comes from resident testimony reported in local news, not from the developer or a permit filing.

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Public comment submitted to the Texas House Committee on State Affairs for its April 9, 2026 hearing repeats that the data center planned for Savoy would use an average of 5 million gallons of water daily, with 70% evaporating and 30% returned to the aquifer.

Key data: 5 million gallons/day cited in legislative public comment

Claim classification: RESIDENT_CLAIM · Verification: VERIFIED_PRIMARY_LEGISLATIVE_RECORD · Retrieved: 2026-09-05

Status date: 2026-04-09

Limitation: The legislative record preserves a citizen comment; it does not independently verify the water figure.

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Statewide reporting identifies Black Mountain, a Fort Worth-based energy and digital infrastructure group led by CEO Rhett Bennett, as the company that confirmed in March 2026 it was exploring a data center near Bells; a reporter located a power plant permit filed by a company sharing Black Mountain's address, indicating the project could build its own generation. Black Mountain declined to comment.

Key data: Developer: Black Mountain (Fort Worth); confirmed exploring Bells site in March 2026

Claim classification: REPORTED_FACT · Verification: VERIFIED_SINGLE_SOURCE · Retrieved: 2026-09-05

Status date: 2026-03

Limitation: The article does not give an address, acreage, capacity, cost, or permit number for the data center.

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