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Data Center Watch Report · ZIP 75569

Nash

Bowie

None found / resident-reportedZIP 50.4% Blackpop 3,601

None sited in the 75569 ZIP as of 2026-08-02 — but a $3.5B county-level campus ("Project Big Pine") and a gas-plant proposal are advancing elsewhere in Bowie Co

Researched: 2026-08-02 · Lead source: Brockovich AI Data Center community map (1 resident report, 2026-05-13) · ZIP demographics: 50.4% Black, pop 3,601 (Census ACS 2023) · County: Bowie (~25% Black) Status: None sited in the 75569 ZIP as of 2026-08-02 — but a $3.5B county-level campus ("Project Big Pine") and a gas-plant proposal are advancing elsewhere in Bowie County. Bowie County is on the SPP grid via SWEPCO, not ERCOT.

This report is research, not legal, financial, real-estate, or investment advice.

0. Snapshot

Nash is a small (pop ~3,601), roughly half-Black city in eastern Bowie County, wedged against Texarkana. No data center has been sited inside Nash's 75569 ZIP as of 2026-08-02 — that silence is the finding for this pin. But Bowie County is now a live data-center target: Project Big Pine, a 500-acre, ~$3.5B hyperscale/AI campus by Potentia Development inside TexAmericas Center, and a separate Black Mountain Power gas-plant proposal in western Bowie County. Both are county-scale developments that would reshape the local grid, water, and tax base around Nash even though neither is (yet) in Nash proper. A crucial structural fact: Bowie County connects to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) through SWEPCO (AEP), not ERCOT — so Texas SB6 (2025) and Gov. Abbott's 2026 ERCOT directives may not directly govern these projects' interconnection costs or curtailment.

1. The Facility & Where It Sits

  • In Nash / ZIP 75569: No operating, approved, or publicly announced data center located inside the Nash city limits or the 75569 ZIP was found as of 2026-08-02. A lead-generation "feasibility study / site selection" page references Bowie County generically; it is not a project announcement and is treated as unverified marketing, not a facility.
  • Project Big Pine (Bowie County, at TexAmericas Center). Developer Potentia Development; host/permitting authority TexAmericas Center. ~500 acres, estimated $3.5 billion at full buildout, ~120 permanent jobs, targeting 24–30 months to energize. Power strategy: behind-the-meter "prime power" with battery storage; a 345-kV transmission line borders the site; it has entered the SWEPCO (AEP) utility study/queue for long-term transmission via SPP. Natural gas and fiber available; "regional water access." Incentives: Foreign Trade Zone No. 258, Opportunity Zone, and the Texas data-center sales-tax exemption. (Texarkana Today; KSLA.) Location note: TexAmericas Center's campuses lie in western/central Bowie County (former Red River Army Depot area near New Boston/Hooks), not in Nash. TexAmericas is a separate political subdivision that approves its own deals — the Texarkana City Council and Bowie County Commissioners do not vote on what happens inside the park.
  • Black Mountain Power (western Bowie County). A Fort Worth company reportedly purchased ~600 acres in western Bowie County and applied to build a gas-fired power plant; local opposition (yard signs) has appeared in the Redlick/Leary areas. Also not in Nash. (Texarkana Today.)

Where it sits relative to Nash: Nash is in eastern Bowie County against Texarkana (intersection of FM 989 and U.S. 82). The announced county projects are to the west. So Nash residents are downstream of county-wide grid/water/tax effects, not (yet) hosting a facility on their own blocks.

2. Public Hearings & Notices

  • Project Big Pine approvals run through the TexAmericas Center board (Executive Director & CEO Scott Norton), not a city rezoning — a standing-room-only public meeting drew residents raising water, electricity-cost, and pollution concerns (Texarkana Today). Case numbers/vote records sit with TexAmericas.
  • Black Mountain Power filed for a gas-plant; the applicable permit path is likely TCEQ (air) plus the SWEPCO/SPP interconnection queue. Specific docket/permit numbers were not located as of 2026-08-02.
  • City of Nash council agendas/minutes are posted at nashtx.org (Council Meeting Agendas & Minutes). No Nash data-center agenda item was found as of 2026-08-02.

3. Power

  • Serving utility: SWEPCO (Southwestern Electric Power Company, an AEP subsidiary), with transmission managed by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) — not ERCOT. This is the single most important grid fact for Bowie County.
  • SB6 caveat: Texas SB6 (2025) — which makes large (>~75 MW) loads help pay their own interconnection and lets the grid operator curtail them in emergencies — and Gov. Abbott's June 2026 directives were written for ERCOT. Because Bowie County is on SPP, those ERCOT mechanisms may not directly apply, leaving cost-allocation and curtailment to SWEPCO/SPP and PUCT rate proceedings. (Texarkana Today; SB6 legal summaries.)
  • Behind-the-meter generation: Project Big Pine's "prime power + battery" behind-the-meter strategy means it may generate much of its own power on-site (with a 345-kV grid tie), and Black Mountain Power is a proposed new gas plant — so nearby residents should track on-site combustion emissions and who backstops the grid.

4. Water & Drought

  • Bowie County is in the drier, slower-to-recover part of Texas. Reporting in mid-2026 kept East Texas drought lingering while North-Central Texas improved; Bowie County's January 2026 was noted as the 26th-driest January in 132 years. Check current status at drought.gov/states/texas/county/bowie.
  • Project Big Pine cites only "regional water access"; Black Mountain Power (gas generation) is also water-using. Residents at the public meeting specifically raised water depletion. Facility-level withdrawal permits and sources were not verified as of 2026-08-02 — a priority question given East Texas drought.

5. Population & Who Lives Here

  • ZIP 75569: ~50.4% Black, population ~3,601 (ACS 2023) — a small, roughly half-Black Texarkana-area city. Bowie County overall is ~25% Black, so Nash is again a Black-concentrated pocket within a whiter county.
  • Nash is a suburb bordered north and east by Texarkana; it shares the Texarkana metro's economy and infrastructure. Detailed poverty/health-burden and redlining data for 75569 were not compiled in this pass.

6. Money — Abatements, Incentives, Jobs

  • Project Big Pine incentives: Foreign Trade Zone No. 258, Opportunity Zone designation, and the Texas Large Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption (the statewide 6.25% exemption on equipment/electricity/cooling/generators). Job promise: ~120 permanent jobs against a $3.5B buildout — a familiar capital-heavy/labor-light ratio. (Texarkana Today.)
  • Any local abatements (city/county Chapter 380/381) tied to these projects were not verified as of 2026-08-02. Because TexAmericas is its own subdivision, some incentives may run through it rather than the city or county.

7. Community Reaction & News Coverage

  • Local outlets: Texarkana Today (txktoday.com), Texarkana Gazette, Texarkana FYI, and KSLA (Shreveport TV, covers the Ark-La-Tex). These have carried Project Big Pine and the Abbott policy-reversal coverage.
  • Documented opposition: A packed public meeting over Project Big Pine (water/electricity-cost/pollution concerns) and yard-sign opposition to Black Mountain Power in the Redlick/Leary areas of western Bowie County. Gov. Abbott's June 2026 reversal — now calling to "prohibit AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods," end industry tax breaks, and require water-efficient cooling and usage reporting — was reported specifically in a Bowie County frame. (Texarkana Today.)

8. Find Out For Yourself

City of Nash, TX (Bowie County) — verify against nashtx.org before quoting:

  • City Hall: 119 Elm Street, Nash, TX 75569 (mailing: P.O. Box 520) · 903-838-0751 · fax 903-831-3411.
  • Council agendas/minutes: https://nashtx.org/council-meeting-agendas-minutes/ ; leadership/contact at https://nashtx.org/leadership-and-city-administration/ and https://nashtx.org/contact/.
  • TexAmericas Center (host of Project Big Pine): Executive Director & CEO Scott Norton — this is the board that actually approves park deals; request Project Big Pine agenda items, votes, and any incentive terms.
  • Bowie County Commissioners Court — for county-wide road, tax, and permitting matters (contact via the county's official site).
  • Power / rates: SWEPCO (AEP) public affairs and the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) interconnection queue; PUCT (puc.texas.gov) for SWEPCO rate proceedings — this is where cost-allocation for these loads is decided, since SB6/ERCOT rules may not apply.
  • Air/water: TCEQ (tceq.texas.gov) for the Black Mountain Power air permit and drought status; drought.gov (Bowie County).

Questions worth asking when you call:

  1. Is any data center or power plant proposed inside Nash city limits or ZIP 75569 specifically — or only elsewhere in Bowie County?
  2. Since Bowie County is on SPP/SWEPCO (not ERCOT), who pays for new transmission and interconnection — the developer, or all SWEPCO residential ratepayers?
  3. How much water will Project Big Pine and any gas plant withdraw, from what source, during an East Texas drought?
  4. What emissions will behind-the-meter "prime power" generation and the proposed gas plant produce, and who permits/monitors them?
  5. What tax breaks (FTZ, Opportunity Zone, sales-tax exemption, any local abatement) are in play, and what does the community get in return besides ~120 jobs?
  6. Where can Nash residents formally comment — the TexAmericas board, the PUCT, or TCEQ — and by when?

9. If You're Thinking About Moving Here

Nash today is a quiet, affordable, roughly half-Black Texarkana suburb with no data center on its own blocks as of 2026-08-02. What's changing is county-scale: a $3.5B hyperscale campus and a proposed gas plant to the west, on a grid (SPP/SWEPCO) that lacks ERCOT's SB6 "large-load-pays" backstop, in a county on the drier edge of Texas. Honest unknowns for a prospective resident: (1) whether SWEPCO residential rates absorb the cost of new transmission/generation built for these loads; (2) water availability during recurring East Texas drought; (3) air quality near new gas generation; and (4) whether future phases move closer to Nash. None of this is happening in your front yard yet — but it's worth watching, and the contacts above are how to watch it. This is research, not real-estate or investment advice.

10. Sources

Lead source: resident reports on the Brockovich AI Data Center community map, then independently verified against public records. Research, not legal, financial, real-estate, or investment advice. Some resident-reported pins remain uncorroborated and are labeled as such above.