DS1 Solar
Project Size: ~512 MW
Location: Deaf Smith County, TX – a high‑resource solar region
Mounting Solution: 1-Axis ground mount
Status: final financing (“Final NTP”) in progress, pre-construction work has commenced
Environmental Impact:
* Reduces nearly 1 billion lb of CO₂ annually (454,000 metric tonnes annually)
* Equivalent to removing ~100,000 cars from the road, annually or sequestering carbon in ~540,000 acres of U.S. forests
DS1 Switch-station has now completed construction and is ready to energize
Strategic Significance:
DS1 anchors CIG Capital’s push into Texas utility-scale renewables. TNX has been honored to lead late stage development on the project, which directly supports Texas’s clean-energy expansion and enhances both American and Texas grid resilience. As one of the largest solar developments in CIG’s portfolio, DS1 will deliver over a terawatt-hour (1,000,000+ MWh) annually and is expected to reduce nearly a billion pounds of CO₂ each year. Its scale and location in high-insolation Deaf Smith County position it as a nationally noteworthy clean-energy initiative—offering both environmental benefits and meaningful community investment.
Animation of completed project
Importantly, DS1’s clean, utility-scale power helps meet the surging electricity demands from AI, hyperscale computing, and data center growth across the Texas Panhandle. As digital infrastructure companies seek renewable energy to meet ESG mandates and maintain 24/7 uptime, projects like DS1 are vital to ensuring multi-modality, grid-aligned, sustainable power capacity. With land availability and infrastructure already in place, DS1 is also well-positioned for future integration of battery storage or green hydrogen production, providing operational flexibility and further resilience for energy-intensive compute operations.
Planned Layout
Local Community Impact:
The DS1 project represents a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment in rural West Texas. It will generate local jobs during site preparation, construction, and operations—and once online, will contribute substantial new tax revenues to the Deaf Smith County community and will continue to drive job growth in the County. In addition to economic benefits, DS1 strengthens the region’s strategic relevance by enabling clean energy access for both local load and industrial-scale infrastructure like AI data centers, helping ensure that the Texas Panhandle remains competitive in the next wave of digital and energy innovation.
Location: Deaf Smith County, TX – a high‑resource solar region
Mounting Solution: 1-Axis ground mount
Status: final financing (“Final NTP”) in progress, pre-construction work has commenced
Environmental Impact:
* Reduces nearly 1 billion lb of CO₂ annually (454,000 metric tonnes annually)
* Equivalent to removing ~100,000 cars from the road, annually or sequestering carbon in ~540,000 acres of U.S. forests
DS1 Switch-station has now completed construction and is ready to energize
Strategic Significance:
DS1 anchors CIG Capital’s push into Texas utility-scale renewables. TNX has been honored to lead late stage development on the project, which directly supports Texas’s clean-energy expansion and enhances both American and Texas grid resilience. As one of the largest solar developments in CIG’s portfolio, DS1 will deliver over a terawatt-hour (1,000,000+ MWh) annually and is expected to reduce nearly a billion pounds of CO₂ each year. Its scale and location in high-insolation Deaf Smith County position it as a nationally noteworthy clean-energy initiative—offering both environmental benefits and meaningful community investment.
Animation of completed project
Importantly, DS1’s clean, utility-scale power helps meet the surging electricity demands from AI, hyperscale computing, and data center growth across the Texas Panhandle. As digital infrastructure companies seek renewable energy to meet ESG mandates and maintain 24/7 uptime, projects like DS1 are vital to ensuring multi-modality, grid-aligned, sustainable power capacity. With land availability and infrastructure already in place, DS1 is also well-positioned for future integration of battery storage or green hydrogen production, providing operational flexibility and further resilience for energy-intensive compute operations.
Planned Layout
Local Community Impact:
The DS1 project represents a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment in rural West Texas. It will generate local jobs during site preparation, construction, and operations—and once online, will contribute substantial new tax revenues to the Deaf Smith County community and will continue to drive job growth in the County. In addition to economic benefits, DS1 strengthens the region’s strategic relevance by enabling clean energy access for both local load and industrial-scale infrastructure like AI data centers, helping ensure that the Texas Panhandle remains competitive in the next wave of digital and energy innovation.