Amazon plans data center campus near Glen Rose on Vistra land beside Comanche Peak

Project Spectrum pairs a roughly $5 billion Amazon campus with a 20-year nuclear power deal in Somervell County, Texas Amazon is planning a data center campus near Glen Rose, Texas, on land owned by Vistra. The site sits right next to the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant. The effort, called Project Spectrum, is being led by Amazon Data Services. It covers approximately 435 acres in Somervell County and comes with a projected investment of about $5 billion. What Amazon is building, and what it is plugging into The plan calls for up to 18 buildings. They are designed to handle Amazon’s cloud services and artificial intelligence workloads. Project Spectrum is tied to a 20-year power purchase agreement for up to 1,200 MW from Comanche Peak. The timeline runs in stages. Initial energization is targeted for 2027, with delivery aimed at the fourth quarter of 2027 and full ramp-up expected by 2032. The PPA was first disclosed in September 2025, and Amazon was confirmed as the buyer in February 2026. Dedicated lines, net metering and backup plans Power from Comanche Peak is set to flow to the campus through dedicated transmission lines. The arrangement also includes a net metering agreemen...