The power plant is the point at Granbury: Bilateral Energy designs the Knox Ranch campus to generate all of its own electricity on site and take nothing from the local grid, with an ERCOT interconnection request filed only to preserve the option of exporting a surplus. The ground runs to about 2,000 acres at 2801 West US Highway 377, annexed into the City of Granbury in Hood County early in 2026 and rezoned to industrial on 7 April that year, when the council passed ordinances 26-15 and 26-16 by five votes to one against its planning commission's recommendation to deny. A preliminary concept plan reached the city in July 2026. Cooling is designed as a closed recirculating loop running independently of Granbury's municipal water. The developer, based in Dallas, carried the scheme under the name Project Horizon before the current one, and has published no capacity figure.
Facility Specifications
Power & cooling
Cooling
Closed-loop recirculating system, designed independently of the municipal water supply
Entirely from generation built on the site. Bilateral Energy states the campus will produce 100 per cent of its own electricity and draw nothing from the local grid; the ERCOT interconnection request it filed exists to allow surplus export.
What did Granbury City Council approve on 7 April 2026?
A comprehensive plan amendment and an industrial rezoning of the Knox Ranch land, ordinances 26-15 and 26-16, passed five to one after the Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended denial.
How large is the Knox Ranch site?
Around 2,000 acres at 2801 West US Highway 377 by the developer's account, and nearer 2,100 in the rezoning record. The City of Granbury annexed it earlier in 2026.
Which water supply would the Granbury campus use?
A closed recirculating loop designed to run independently of Granbury's municipal water. No permit terms or consumption figures have been published.
What legal challenge does the Granbury project face?
Four residents sued the city in April 2026, alleging breaches of the Texas Open Meetings Act in how the rezoning was handled.