Solution · Site Selection

ERCOT site selection for data center developers.

The Texas grid has 410+ GW of large-load interconnection requests in queue — and the best sites are taken in weeks, not quarters. Pinehaven Ventures gives developers and investors a defensible screen of every county, every TSP, and every active queue position in ERCOT.

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The problem

ERCOT queue data is public — but it's unusable raw.

Filings are scattered

Generation interconnection queue, large-load study list, and TSP planning data all live in separate PDFs, CSVs, and presentations.

Fields are inconsistent

County names, TSP labels, voltage references, and project types are spelled differently across vintages. Joins break.

Position changes are lossy

A project can advance, retreat, withdraw, or re-file under a new name between monthly updates with no audit trail.

Capacity headroom is invisible

There is no public, normalized view of how much MW is already absorbed in a given substation, county, or TSP territory.

The Pinehaven approach

One normalized queue. One dashboard. Sites you can defend in IC.

Screen by capacity headroom

Filter every Texas county and TSP territory by remaining MW headroom, voltage class, and queue density. Surface low-competition pockets first.

Watch the competition

Track every hyperscale, colo, AI, and crypto filing in the queue. Get same-day alerts when a competitor lands in your target market.

Defend the site in IC

Export an audit-ready data package — queue position deltas, comparable projects, TSP load profile — straight into your investment memo.

Re-screen as the queue moves

Saved watchlists re-run automatically when ERCOT publishes new data. Sites that pass last month’s screen may not pass this month’s.

Compare across TSPs

Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, and Lubbock Power are not interchangeable. We normalize their planning data into one comparable view.

See it before the press release

Queue movements show up days or weeks before they hit news. Track the data, not the announcements.

Use cases

What developers actually use the data for.

Greenfield site screening

Filter to counties with <50% TSP capacity utilization, no large-load filings within 25 miles, and 138 kV+ substation access. Output a ranked shortlist in minutes.

Brownfield repurposing

Identify retiring fossil plants and existing industrial sites where interconnection rights or grid headroom can be recycled into a data center load.

Co-location opportunity scan

Find generation interconnection requests that match a target data center load profile and timeline. Co-locate to compress procurement timelines.

Land team enablement

Push the queue and capacity data straight into your land team’s territory CRM so option negotiations start with grid context, not after.

Speculative filing detection

Separate hyperscale projects with real CapEx from speculative crypto or shell-LLC filings designed to hold queue position.

Site selection FAQ

How does ERCOT site selection differ from PJM or CAISO?
ERCOT is an islanded grid with a single ISO, a unique large-load study process, and TSP-level planning autonomy. Queue dynamics, timelines, and disclosure cadence are all different. Our coverage is ERCOT-specific.
Do you cover both the large-load and generation interconnection queues?
Yes. Both queues are essential for site selection — generation interconnection drives where new MW lands; large-load study drives where data centers are competing for that MW.
How current is the data?
Same-day for ERCOT-published filings. We parse and normalize on publication day, with watchlist alerts delivered immediately.
Can our land team use this without a power background?
Yes. The dashboard is designed for screen-and-shortlist workflows — no SQL, no scripts. Power Digital includes onboarding for non-technical users.

Screen your next ERCOT site this week.

Start with Power Queue Tracker for $49/month, or go straight to the institutional license at $10,000/year.

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