Concho Valley Homepage reported on the prospect of another data center, this time in Dove Creek. Beacon Data Centers is considering building a data center in this rural town and will hold a community meeting at a local church.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, at The Four56 Church, located at 13218 Westcross Lane.
Beacon is backed by Nadia Partners, a Canadian private equity underwriter (PEU). Nadia has another affiliate, Dromore Energy, that does solar power with battery storage.
It happens that two projects, Dove Creek Solar and Dove Creek Storage are active projects under ERCOT and both expect a June 2028 completion date.
There is no information indicating these projects are part of the Dromore Energy portfolio, however their existence makes the AI data center more attractive.
Dove Creek has very limited fire/emergency response capabilities relative to those needed by a data center or a battery storage facility, should either catch on fire. Water is more limited, as well.
County Commissioner Shawn Nanny plans to attend. The article quoted Nanny:
“I told them I am getting phone calls left and right, I don’t have any information to give them,” Nanny said. “I told them ya’ll have got to have one meeting immediately followed up by several meetings, but the ball is in their court. I am not conducting this meeting; the only say-so I had was please have a meeting so the people can hear about you.”Citizens need to hear from County officials as well regarding public infrastructure needed to support such data centers. That includes County Judge Lane Carter, Commissioner Nanny and County Emergency Response leadership.
Dove Creek residents should not be managing all aspects of data center development alone. Elected officials cannot abdicate their responsibility to balance data center desires with community needs and priorities. One key priority is affordable water and electricity. At a minimum, Tom Green County officials should be there to speak to that.
