Project Lion is a proposed data center on 121 acres in southern Hood County, Texas, about 8 miles southeast of Tolar. It covers the ranch tract at 9170 Hill City Highway, which the Comanche Circle tracts border on the north and west.
Plan. Panther Generation LLC filed the concept plan in March 2026. It shows two data halls of about 300,000 sq ft each, set end to end, with one detention pond. A new groundwater well and an on-site septic system would serve the site. Access uses an existing drive off Hill City Highway. The plan is not phased.
Power infrastructure. Oncor's 345 kV Comanche Switch to Comanche Peak line runs just past the site.
Status. Hood County held a hearing on the plan in April 2026 but never voted, and the Development Commission recommended rejection. The county denied the on-site permit. On October 13, 2026, commissioners denied the appeal and rejected a settlement covering Comanche Circle, Lion and Panther. The 2026 tax roll still lists the Davis family as owner.
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| 0.85 miles | Sailfish: Project Panther |
Sailfish Investors' proposed four-building data center on 300 acres off Paluxy Highway (FM 51) south of Tolar, Hood County, Texas, filed by affiliate Panther Generation LLC between the Comanche Circle tracts. Hood County denied its on-site permit in 2026.
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| 1.04 miles | Sailfish: Comanche Circle Expansion |
Later phases of Sailfish Investors' proposed Comanche Circle park: 27 planned buildings on a 969-acre central ranch tract and a 411-acre tract on Hill City Highway (FM 56), south of Tolar in Hood County.
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| 1.80 miles | Sailfish: Comanche Circle 1 |
First phase of Sailfish Investors' proposed Comanche Circle park: 18 planned buildings on a 721-acre ranch tract along Paluxy Highway (FM 51) south of Tolar, Hood County, beside the site NRG had proposed for an on-site gas plant.
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| 4.97 miles | Tower ProInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| 7.92 miles | Marathon Digital: Granbury, TX |
Marathon Digital has acquired Hut 8's bitcoin mining sites in Granbury, Texas and Kearney, Nebraska. Marathon Digital's Granbury facility has a capacity of 300MW.
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| 9.99 miles | Bilateral Energy: Project Patriot |
Project Patriot is a proposed data center and power campus spearheaded by Bilateral Energy on a 2,100-acre land parcel known as Knox Ranch in Granbury, Texas.
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| 10.28 miles | Big Digital Energy: Hood County |
Big Digital Energy and 10NetZero have acquired a powered industrial site in Hood County for a planned AI and HPC data center campus.
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