Why it matters
The strategic read
Adds another source-backed AWS Texas campus to the AI-era data-center map, this time southwest of Houston rather than the more crowded Dallas, Austin or San Antonio lanes. The signal is early but concrete: four separate state construction registrations, a $1.2B aggregate filing value, and a very large rural land position that could support future phases beyond the first four buildings. It reinforces that hyperscaler capacity is spilling into new Texas counties where power, land and permitting can still be assembled at campus scale.
Source-supported terms
What was disclosed
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Data Center Dynamics reported on July 8, 2026 that Amazon Web Services, through Amazon Data Services, filed plans with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for Project Eagle.
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DCD linked four TDLR TABS project registrations: TABS2026023825, TABS2026023826, TABS2026023832 and TABS2026023834.
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The filings cover four data-center buildings in Boling, Wharton County, Texas, southwest of Houston.
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DCD and the Wharton Post described the campus site as approximately 2,700 acres near FM 1301 and FM 442, including addresses at 240, 244 and 258 Eaglewood Road.
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Each of the four buildings is listed at approximately 189,060 square feet and $300M.
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The four current filings therefore represent approximately 756,240 square feet and $1.2B of registered project value.
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DCD reported that construction on all four buildings is set to start on August 1, 2026.
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The first three buildings have listed completion timing at the beginning of January 2027, while the fourth building is slated for August 2027.
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DCD noted Wharton County has seen little prior data-center developer activity, while Houston is Texas's third-largest data-center market.
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DCD linked the project to AWS's broader Texas expansion, including land near Austin, a San Antonio footprint, DeSoto filings and a previously reported possible campus near Vistra's Comanche nuclear plant outside Fort Worth.
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Search-result corroboration from the TDLR / Wharton Post trail described all four projects as Project Registered and identified Amazon Data Services, Inc. as owner.
Disclosure boundary
What is known—and what is not
Near-primary DCD reporting based on official Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation TABS filings, plus local Wharton Post / TDLR search-result corroboration. Public materials disclose the owner, project name, four separate state project registrations, Boling / Wharton County location, building count, approximate square footage, $300M value per building, combined $1.2B current filing value, expected construction-start date and listed completion windows. Public materials do not disclose AWS customer workload, exact MW/MVA load, utility-service agreement, power-procurement plan, interconnection upgrades, land-purchase documents, final county/local permits, EPC contractor, building design, cooling approach, water use, phase count beyond the first four filings, tax incentives, financing structure, delivery remedies, cancellation rights or whether the full 2,700-acre site will be developed.