A Texas driller’s report lists “OpenAI” in its owner field for a five-foot environmental soil boring drilled October 9 in Eastland County. The Gazette’s comparison of the reported coordinates in Google Maps with previously matched parcel maps places the location on Eastland Power land.
The entry is a documented connection in a driller’s report, not independent confirmation from OpenAI that it owns the land, commissioned the work or has committed to a project there.
The record
Texas submitted driller’s report 735434 records drilling that began and ended October 9, 2026. It was submitted October 23. Those dates describe the drilling and submission—not necessarily the date the report first became publicly available.
| Field | Entry in the report |
|---|---|
| Owner name | OpenAI |
| Owner address | 1455 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94158 |
| Owner well number | SSS/SVS-01 |
| Well address | 809 Co Rd 313, Eastland, TX 76448 |
| Reported coordinates | 32.30458, -98.7911 |
| Proposed use | Environmental Soil Boring |
| Type of work | New Well |
| Drilling start and completion | October 9, 2026 |
| Submitted | October 23, 2026 |
| Borehole depth | 5 feet |
| Method | 2.25-inch direct push, 0–5 feet |
| Borehole completion | Plugged |
| Driller | David P. Draybuck Jr., license 59438 |
| Drilling company | Envirotech Drilling Services LLC, Houston |
Despite appearing in a well-report database, this record describes an environmental soil boring, not a water-supply well. It records a shallow hole and identifies its completion as “Plugged.” It does not give a specific plugging date, so it does not establish that plugging occurred on the same day as drilling.
The report does not establish why this particular boring was ordered. Its “SSS/SVS-01” identifier also does not, by itself, establish that other borings were drilled. No chemical analysis is recorded; the document is not a finding that the site is contaminated or free of contamination.
How the Gazette connected the location to Eastland Power land
The Gazette matched the report’s coordinates in Google Maps to land previously identified through parcel-map comparisons. That reporting places the point on Eastland Power land; it is a map comparison, not a boundary survey.
Supporting property records include Eastland County Appraisal District parcel 7724, listed to Eastland Power LLC at Flatwood Road and County Road 313 in Abstract 1726. The supplied deed and correction instruments include land in the same F. Foster survey, southwest quarter of Section 16, Block 2, Abstract 1726. Those records support the property context but do not independently verify the submitted borehole coordinates.
The Texas Water Development Board cautions that reported well locations have not been verified by state staff and may be inaccurate. That limitation applies to this comparison too.
Who OpenAI is
OpenAI is the company behind ChatGPT. It has announced data-center development through its Stargate initiative, including Texas locations. In a September 2025 announcement, the company identified Shackelford and Milam counties among new sites and discussed its Abilene development.
That background does not establish that the Eastland County location is part of Stargate. Other projects in Texas—and similarities between proposed projects—are not evidence of affiliation.
What the record establishes—and what it does not
The report establishes that a named, licensed driller submitted a record identifying “OpenAI” in the owner field for the described environmental boring. The driller’s certification states that he drilled or supervised the work and that the statements are true and correct.
It does not independently establish that OpenAI owns the land or confirm a contractual relationship between OpenAI and the driller. The owner-field entry is not an announcement by the company.
It does not establish that OpenAI will build a data center, identify a developer or customer for a future project, or show a commitment to proceed. It does not establish a county agreement or the existence or absence of other applications. It says nothing about a project’s size, jobs, construction timetable or future water demand.
The distinction matters: this is a specific public record worth reporting, but it cannot carry conclusions that are not in the document.
How to read the report yourself
The report is available through the Texas Water Development Board’s Submitted Drillers Report system. Open the report directly, or search for well-report tracking number 735434.
For a broader search, leave the tracking number blank and select Eastland as the county and Environmental Soil Boring as the proposed use. A query of the public records on October 27 returned 92 records under those county-and-use criteria; only one had a 2026 completion date. The county-and-use filters alone therefore do not yield a single result.
Confidential reports are excluded from public search results. The results are not a complete inventory of every hole drilled in the county, and later searches may differ as records change.
Supporting files: Gazette’s Eastland Power LLC records folder.