# OCI Holdings Breaks Ground on Texas Solar Project Amid AI Data Center Push

OCI Holdings inaugurates a 260MW solar farm in Texas to capture growing AI data center power demand.

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OCI Energy is shifting its business model from developing and selling solar projects to directly operating them to secure stable cash flows from long-term power purchase agreements. [^1]

OCI Holdings announced on March 3 that its US subsidiary, OCI Energy, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sun Roper solar power plant in Warton County, Texas, on March 1. [^2]

The Sun Roper project involves developing a 260MW solar power plant on a 1,714-acre site in Warton County, Texas, with commercial operations targeted for next year. [^3]

OCI Energy and Arava Power announced that construction has started on their jointly developed 347-MWDC SunRoper Solar project in Wharton County, Texas, near Houston. [^4]

OCI Energy CEO Sabah Bayatli and Arava Power CEO Ilan Zidkony attended the ceremony alongside OCI Holdings Chairman Lee Woo-hyun. [^5]

A Fortune 500 company has reportedly signed a power purchase agreement for a portion of the SunRoper project's output, according to a press release. [^6]

SunRoper is expected to begin operations in December 2027 and will export power to the ERCOT grid. [^7]

WHC, an international construction firm with U.S. headquarters in Louisiana, is serving as EPC contractor for the SunRoper project. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. OCI Energy is shifting its business model from developing and selling solar projects to directly operating them to secure stable cash flows from long-term power purchase agreements. (동아일보, News)
2. OCI Holdings announced on March 3 that its US subsidiary, OCI Energy, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sun Roper solar power plant in Warton County, Texas, on March 1. (동아일보, News)
3. The Sun Roper project involves developing a 260MW solar power plant on a 1,714-acre site in Warton County, Texas, with commercial operations targeted for next year. (동아일보, News)
4. OCI Energy and Arava Power announced that construction has started on their jointly developed 347-MWDC SunRoper Solar project in Wharton County, Texas, near Houston. (Solar Power World, News)
5. OCI Energy CEO Sabah Bayatli and Arava Power CEO Ilan Zidkony attended the ceremony alongside OCI Holdings Chairman Lee Woo-hyun. (동아일보, News)
6. A Fortune 500 company has reportedly signed a power purchase agreement for a portion of the SunRoper project's output, according to a press release. (Solar Power World, News)
7. SunRoper is expected to begin operations in December 2027 and will export power to the ERCOT grid. (Solar Power World, News)
8. WHC, an international construction firm with U.S. headquarters in Louisiana, is serving as EPC contractor for the SunRoper project. (Solar Power World, News)

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