AI data center is coming to Wilson County
- LoriDawn Messuri
- Nov 5, 2025
- 3 min read
BY Rachel Draper
November 04, 2025
Wilson County News
Wilson County may be home to an AI data center in the near future.
A renewable energy and data infrastructure project — called Misae Energy Hub — is aimed to be established on 2,742 acres near Stockdale, through a company called Misae Investments.
The company’s website describes their expertise as developing “utility-scale solar parks, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and next-generation data centers” and “creating investment opportunities in critical infrastructure for the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and renewable energy.”
The three-part infrastructure project includes:
•“Mojo Solar” plus BESS SLF on 2,170 acres
•Wilson BESS on 18 acres
•500-megawatt Hyperscale Datacenter on 525 acres
All three have are anticipated to be in commercial operation by June 2028, with expected site work to being in 2026.
Why Wilson County?
Misae Investments founder Miguel Oneto said Wilson County’s “ideal location with strong grid interconnection potential, well-suited land, and welcoming community” are what led the company to select the area.
“[The county’s] proximity to major transmission lines and workforce centers makes it a natural fit for this forward-looking project that will bring long-term benefits to the area,” Oneto said.
“Altogether [the project] represents, once completely built, a more than $6 billion in private investment — one of the largest of its kind in Texas — and will help position Wilson County as a leader in the state’s growing clean energy and technology economy.”
The project also will strengthen the “local electric grid” and improve “reliability and capacity for the surrounding community,” according to Oneto.
The landowner and its development partners are leading the initial investment and development, Oneto said, and after the project’s completion, ownership or operation will “likely transition to a global technology company such as Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or another leading data center operator known for its commitment to renewable energy.”
Economic, community impacts
Misae Investments is calling the energy hub a “transformative investment for Wilson County” in that it will bring “hundreds of construction jobs and many long-term operational positions,” as well as tax revenues and “opportunities that will strengthen the local economy for decades to come.” Local businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, and suppliers, will see increased demand throughout construction and operation, Oneto said.
Data centers
Approximately 5,427 global data centers are operational worldwide, with 3,341 in the United States, and approximately 302 of them in Texas, according to Blackridge Research and Consulting. Such infrastructure supports a range of services, including 5G networks, cloud services, and banking and financial services.
Hyperscale data centers, such as the one aimed for Stockdale, are engineered for large-scale workloads, with more than 5,000 servers for purposes like artificial intelligence, automation, and data analytics, storage, and processing, according to IBM, a global technology company.
These machines require adequate power and cooling systems. The Misae data center “is being designed to incorporate advanced cooling technologies that significantly reduce or eliminate water use,” Oneto said.
The center is to be positioned over the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, with access to 2 million plus gallons-per-day of water, and the whole hub will be “primarily powered by renewable energy produced onsite.”
The site includes a number of wells.
Local officials weigh in
Wilson County Judge Hank Whitman told the Wilson County News that while there is a company “entertaining building a data AI center in Wilson County,” there have been no official permits or proposals forwarded to the Wilson County Commissioners Court for review.
Additionally, the Wilson County Development Review Committee has not received any permit applications for building or development from the company as of press time Nov. 3, according to Permitting Director Luz Serrato.
Look for more on this project and what it will mean for the area, and its potential impact on infrastructure and the communities, in a coming issue of Wilson County News.
Data centers near Wilson County
According to Datacentermap.com, there are 52 centers in the San Antonio area, including:
•One in the Elmendorf area, located on Donop Road near I-37
•Four in downtown San Antonio
•14 in northwest San Antonio near Alamo Ranch
•20 in San Antonio west of Alamo Ranch
•One each in Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Windcrest, and Kirby
•Three in Castroville, with an anticipated seven more coming, according to News4San Antonio. In Medina County, officials are working with the companies planning the data centers.
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