Published 2026-10-12 · Cyclone Bolt

A proposal for a $366 million data center building in Cedar Creek, Texas, has been filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Data Center Dynamics reported on October 9, 2026. Community Impact reported the filing on October 8, 2026, and identified the companies behind the campus as Pacifico Energy and BlackChamber.

What the Project Longhorn filing says

The filing covers a building named Project Longhorn - Building One, according to Data Center Dynamics (DCD). The figures DCD reported:

  • Estimated cost of $366 million.
  • 498,165 square feet.
  • A site on Earl Callahan Road, near Walter Hoffman Road, in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County.
  • A construction start targeted for November 30, 2026.
  • Completion by the end of January 2028.

Community Impact reported that the plans call for civil site work along with structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire infrastructure.

A two-building campus with its own gas-fired power

The building is the first piece of a larger plan. Pacifico Energy and BlackChamber are planning a two-building data center campus and a natural gas-fired power facility on a 2,842-acre property in Cedar Creek, Community Impact reported. BlackChamber is developing the data center portion and Pacifico Energy is developing the power generation.

At full buildout, the project is expected to offer 710 megawatts of redundant on-site power from simple-cycle natural gas turbines, supporting 490 megawatts of IT capacity, according to DCD. DCD also reported that the AI company Anthropic is reportedly in talks to lease the campus, and that representatives of the companies did not respond to a request for comment made by another publication.

The site has neighbors. DCD reported that the project sits near a large EdgeConneX campus, for which four more data center buildings were filed in August 2026, and that EdgeConneX's presence in Bastrop County could reach more than a dozen buildings across more than 1,500 acres at full build-out.

State permit pause is part of the schedule picture

Both reports note a state-level factor that affects Texas data center schedules. Community Impact reported that Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to pause regulatory approvals for data center developments while the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and other state agencies complete audits of proposed projects. DCD reported that ERCOT aims to complete its audit by December.

Community Impact also noted that projects disturbing at least one acre generally require stormwater authorization from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and that backup generation, on-site power and water use can require additional permits. Neither report says how the pause will affect this project. DCD's reading is that the new filing suggests the project is moving ahead.

What a build like this means for bolting and fastener supply

The scope in the filing reads like a list of the places threaded products go in a data center. Each line of it is a category of industrial construction hardware:

  • Civil and structural: anchor bolts and anchor rods set in foundations, and structural bolting for the building frame.
  • Mechanical and plumbing: bolting for chillers, pumps and flanged piping, and threaded rod and hardware for pipe supports.
  • Electrical: hardware for switchgear, generators, cable tray and conduit supports, and the equipment anchorage beneath them.
  • Fire protection: hangers, threaded rod and bracing hardware for sprinkler piping.

On-site generation adds a second scope that looks more like a power plant than a building. A gas turbine installation of the kind DCD describes typically involves turbine and generator foundations, fuel gas piping and the balance-of-plant equipment around them. Flanged connections in that kind of power generation service are commonly made up with stud bolts and heavy hex nuts, to the grades the piping specification names.

The dates matter as much as the scope. A start on November 30, 2026 and completion by the end of January 2028 leaves about 14 months for nearly half a million square feet. On a schedule like that, anchor bolts are typically among the first materials needed on site, because they are set before foundation concrete is placed. The end of a job brings the opposite problem: small quantities of missing sizes that can hold up turnover.

The grades, coatings, dimensions and documentation for each of these items are set by the project specifications and the engineer of record, not by the supplier. Buyers on projects of this size commonly ask for material test reports and lot traceability with each shipment.

Where Cyclone Bolt fits

Cyclone Bolt is a Houston, Texas manufacturer of fasteners, threaded products and custom machined components, established in 2016. Cyclone is supplying several large data center builds in Texas and welcomes more, from full-build take-offs to the shorts at the end of a project. Product families include stud bolts, heavy hex nuts, hex bolts and cap screws, and custom machined components. Cyclone's published certifications include ISO 9001:2015.

This article reports on a public filing and news coverage. It does not describe Cyclone's own work, and nothing here indicates any Cyclone involvement in the project covered. To discuss a data center bolting package, request a quote with your take-off, specifications and delivery dates.

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