Amazon Data Center Plans Advance Near Boling

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BOLING — New filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) are providing a clearer picture of the proposed Amazon data center development planned for the Boling area.

Four separate project registrations were filed on June 25, 2026, for Project Eagle, listing Amazon Data Services, Inc. as the owner. The filings identify four individual data center buildings, labeled Buildings A through D, to be constructed on Eaglewood Road in Wharton County.

According to the state records, each building is listed at 189,060 square feet with an estimated construction cost of $300 million. Combined, the four buildings represent approximately 756,240 square feet of building space and an estimated $1.2 billion in construction costs.

The proposed campus is planned on approximately 2,700 acres near FM 1301 and FM 442. If completed as proposed, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) campus is expected to become the largest data center campus in Texas. While the four buildings currently registered would occupy less than one percent of the overall property, the size of the site leaves significant room for supporting infrastructure and potential future phases of development.

The filings list a planned construction start date of Aug. 1, 2026. Buildings A and C are scheduled for completion on Jan. 1, 2027, while Buildings B and D list anticipated completion dates of Aug. 1, 2027.

The project continues to draw attention from residents in the Boling area. Earlier this year, the Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District delayed action on permits for two larger groundwater wells after community members raised concerns about groundwater, environmental impacts and other issues. Those permits remain under review.

A TDLR registration is part of the state’s Architectural Barriers program and does not, by itself, authorize construction or indicate that all required permits and approvals have been issued. The filings provide additional details about the proposed development but represent only one step in the overall approval process.

As of Thursday, all four projects are listed in the TDLR database with a status of Project Registered.

Note: Official renderings of the proposed Amazon data center campus have not yet been released. The image above is a conceptual illustration created to represent the scale and layout of the proposed development.

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