$1.2B Amazon Project Eagle Data Center Campus Needs 10 Low Voltage Systems

Four permit filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation confirm Amazon Data Services as owner of Project Eagle — a $1.2 billion, four-building data center campus in Boling, Wharton County, about 60 miles southwest of Houston. Construction is slated to start August 1, 2026 on a compressed schedule, all ten core low voltage systems are in play, and per reviewed sources, not a single contractor — GC, electrical, or specialty — has been publicly named. Estimated LV opportunity: roughly $48 million.

Project Overview

The TDLR filings, dated June 25, 2026, register four individual data center buildings — Buildings A through D — on Eaglewood Road near FM 1301 and FM 442 in rural Wharton County. Amazon itself has not publicly announced the project; the filings are how it surfaced.

• Four buildings — each 189,060 sq ft at an estimated $300 million
• 756,240 sq ft / $1.2 billion — combined initial filing package
• ~2,700 acres — total site, leaving enormous room for later phases
• Schedule: construction start August 1, 2026; Buildings A and C completing January 2027; B and D completing August 2027
• Design firm: M. Arthur Gensler & Associates (Gensler)

Two things stand out. First, the schedule: five months from groundbreaking to first-building completion is hyperscale fast-track at its most aggressive, which means trade packages will be bought out quickly and concurrently. Second, the site-to-filing ratio: four buildings on 2,700 acres is an opening move. Industry coverage projects that at full buildout the campus is expected to become the largest data center campus in Texas, aligned with AWS's commitment to invest more than $4 billion in Texas data center infrastructure through 2029.

Key Players

Role	Company	Notes
Owner / Operator	Amazon Data Services (AWS)	Named on all four TDLR filings; project not yet publicly announced
Design Firm	Gensler	Named on TDLR records

The rest of the org chart is empty — and that is the story. Reviewed sources name no GC/EPCM, no electrical contractor, no low voltage, fiber/OSP, structured cabling, security, fire alarm, BAS/BMS, DAS, grounding, or commissioning firms. On an August 2026 start with January 2027 first deliveries, that buyout is happening now.

Low Voltage Systems Breakdown

System	Scope at Project Eagle	Complexity
Fiber / Outside Plant	Campus backbone and carrier entry across a 2,700-acre rural site; long-haul routes to Houston metro	High
Structured Cabling	756,240 sq ft across four buildings to AWS standards	High
Access Control	AWS-grade perimeter-to-cabinet layered security	High
CCTV / Video Surveillance	Full campus and hall coverage; remote rural monitoring emphasis	High
Fire Alarm / VESDA	Aspirating detection and suppression integration across four concurrent buildings	High
BMS / Controls	Cooling and power monitoring across a phased campus	High
Networking	AWS fabric support and meet-me infrastructure	High
DAS	In-building coverage in a rural radio environment	Medium
Grounding & Bonding	Signal reference grids and lightning protection on the Gulf coastal plain	High

Estimated Low Voltage Value: $48M

The filings carry no pre-computed LV value, so we apply Signal's hyperscale data center benchmark of approximately 4% of construction value. Against the $1.2 billion initial package, that puts the estimated LV opportunity at roughly $48 million across Buildings A–D — with four buildings delivering on overlapping schedules, that is effectively four concurrent LV packages. And if the campus grows toward the largest-in-Texas projections, the initial $48M is the entry point, not the ceiling.

Skills & Certifications

• BICSI RCDD and DCDC — data center design credentials at bid time
• BICSI INSTC/INSTF and FOA CFOT — fiber installation and testing at campus scale
• NICET Fire Alarm Level II+ — VESDA/aspirating and clean-agent experience
• Access control / video manufacturer certs — hyperscaler-approved platforms; AWS vendor onboarding
• IEEE/BICSI grounding and bonding — coastal-plain lightning exposure
• IEC 62443 awareness — BMS/OT cybersecurity requirements
• Hyperscaler badging and compliance — AWS security clearance processes for site crews

Market Signal: The Houston Region Joins the Hyperscale Map

Texas data center construction has been concentrated in DFW, Central Texas, and the West Texas plains — the Houston region has been comparatively quiet. Project Eagle changes that: a 2,700-acre AWS site an hour from Houston puts the Gulf Coast squarely on the hyperscale map, with proximity to the nation's energy capital, its trade labor pool, and its fiber routes. For Houston-region low voltage contractors, this is the closest hyperscale campus pipeline yet — and rural Wharton County's thin local trade market means GCs will be recruiting credentialed crews from the metro.

The pattern across Signal's Texas tracking is consistent: permit-registry filings are the earliest actionable signal, arriving months before press releases. Project Eagle surfaced through TDLR before Amazon said a word — contractors who move on filing-stage intel get to the buyout conversations first.

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