Feb 26, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Sharon AI and New Era Helium this week announced they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Grow Odessa to acquire a 200-acre site in Ector County in West Texas for the development of a 250MW AI/HPC data center that will be powered via natural gas from New Era.
The companies said the site is near fiber optic networks, two natural gas transmission lines, and CO2 pipeline infrastructure. The initial phase of the project is projected to go online by late 2026. The joint venture, Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), expects to finalize a natural gas supply contract with New Era Helium in Q2 2025.
“We are very excited to be developing large-scale data center infrastructure in the US with our partners at New Era Helium, who bring considerable energy infrastructure experience to the joint venture,” said Wolf Schubert, CEO of Sharon AI.
Will Gray, CEO of New Era Helium, added: “With the initial site now identified, TCDC is poised to execute on its planned power strategy for the behind-the-meter data center campus. New Era Helium is pleased to be working with GROW Odessa and will work towards the necessary due diligence in order to close on the planned site in a timely manner.”
