BULK WATER Services for Snyder, TX

Energy Vault Holdings and Crusoe announced a framework agreement in February 2026 to deploy Crusoe's Spark modular AI data center units at Energy Vault's battery storage and technology center in Snyder, Texas, with a phased initial deployment scalable up to 25 megawatts beginning in 2026 (StreetInsider), establishing Snyder as a named AI infrastructure deployment site where energy storage capacity is being repurposed as the foundation for high-density compute infrastructure, with cooling system installation, electrical and mechanical buildout, and site preparation all advancing in parallel with the ongoing battery operations program. That digital infrastructure investment layers onto Snyder's dominant legacy industry, the SACROC Unit in Scurry County, which is one of the longest-running and largest CO2 enhanced oil recovery projects in the United States, spanning 56,000 acres in the Horseshoe Atoll area of the Permian Basin and producing over 24,000 barrels of oil per day through active CO2 injection operations (Grokipedia), with continuous workover programs, injection well maintenance, surface facility operations, and infrastructure upkeep generating year-round bulk water demand across an expansive producing footprint. Scurry County ranks 37th in Texas for barrels of oil equivalent produced, with more than 8,200 wells drilled since 1993 (MineralAnswers), and Snyder sits at the intersection of US-84 and US-180 in central Scurry County, approximately 85 miles south of Lubbock and positioned on the eastern edge of the Permian Basin where the region's oil and gas operating environment intersects with the emerging South Plains energy storage and AI infrastructure corridor. AI data center commissioning programs require bulk water for cooling system wet-out, mechanical component flushing, and construction site support well before the facility accepts its first compute load, and the combination of active CO2 EOR operations at SACROC and the advancing Crusoe deployment means that Snyder's regional water sourcing capacity is under demand from both legacy and emerging infrastructure programs at the same time. Contractors and technology infrastructure teams mobilizing to Snyder-area projects without a confirmed water supply partner enter a market where multiple active programs are competing for limited regional sourcing simultaneously, compressing the window for late-stage supply arrangements. Water Runner provides TCEQ-licensed bulk water delivery with the fleet capacity and West Texas operational reach to support Snyder-area data center construction, CO2 EOR field operations, and upstream infrastructure projects reliably from first mobilization through completion.