Project Rise 1A — Vernon data-center filing
A newly registered $500 million filing is a high-value lead, but the ultimate operator and public commitments still need verification.
Project lifecycle
Current stage is based on the reviewed record and may change as new filings become public.
TDLR lists a 991,000-square-foot, $500 million new data center on FM 2897 S in Vernon, registered July 11, 2026, under the name Project Rise 1A.
The filing is a strong early construction signal for a rural community where power, water, road access, emergency response and public-fund involvement may be consequential.
TCEQ permits, local agendas, utility and ERCOT records, owner/entity filings, incentive agreements, road improvements and tenant disclosure.
Who is the ultimate operator or tenant, what public funds or land are involved, and what utility, water, air and incentive records accompany the filing?
Local officials can require transparent infrastructure commitments where authority exists, verify public-fund terms and coordinate emergency, road and utility planning.
Construction dates listed through March 2028
Public-record intelligence
TGW Insights
- TDLR lists two unusually large scale indicators: an estimated cost of $500 million and 991,000 square feet for Project Rise 1A.
- The owner is listed as Planton Investments LLC at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, the address of Google's headquarters. The filing does not identify Google as owner, tenant, or operator.
- The filing states that the project involves public funds, public land, or a federally funded roadway project, creating a specific public-record question about the nature of that involvement.
- A separate TCEQ administrative package identifies a similarly named Platon Investments LLC wastewater-treatment proposal in Wilbarger County; the relationship should be verified rather than assumed.
This page summarizes the reviewed source. The source confirms only the facts stated in the record; later permits, agreements, construction, performance, or impacts require separate evidence.
Community impact lens
Wilbarger County had 12,887 residents in the 2020 Census. A project of this scale is therefore material relative to the host community, but TGW has not yet verified projected jobs, tax revenue, utility demand, housing effects, or school-district impacts.
Connections to follow
The construction filing is confirmed. The listed owner address matches Google's corporate headquarters, but the reviewed filing does not identify Google as owner, tenant, or operator.
Questions we’re watching
- Who is the ultimate operator or tenant, why does the owner use an address associated with Google's headquarters, what public funds or land are involved, and what utility, environmental, incentive, and local-government records accompany the filing?
- Which of the next expected records—a companion phase filing; TCEQ air and wastewater records; city, county and school-district agendas; utility and ERCOT records; entity filings; incentive agreements; road improvements; and any tenant disclosure.—will provide the clearest confirmation or change in status?
- What public costs, infrastructure commitments or community benefits are documented as the project advances?
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What changed
This record was last reviewed on 2026-07-16. Current watch status: New filing.
Texas Growth Watch records material changes when new permits, agreements, hearings, lawsuits, construction milestones, operating information, or community impacts become public.
Source
State construction filing · Strong
Agency permit package · Potentially related record; name spelling and project relationship require verification.
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