bp pulse has opened a 22-port DC fast-charging hub near George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston. Gigahub IAH, at 15455 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032, opened on Sept. 30, 2026, according to its entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) station locator. The site is public and open 24 hours a day. Of its 22 DC fast ports, 16 carry CCS1 connectors and 6 carry SAE J3400 (NACS) connectors, each rated at 400 kW.
It is bp pulse's second Gigahub at a Houston airport. The first, Gigahub HOU at 8100 Monroe Road near William P. Hobby Airport, opened on Oct. 25, 2025 with 40 ports. The IAH site opened about 11 months later.
What's at the site
The independent DCFC Tracker also lists the IAH Gigahub with 22 DC fast stalls, a 400 kW maximum and both CCS and NACS connectors. It records IAH as the only bp pulse site added in its most recent 30-day window.
The connector mix leans toward CCS1: roughly three of every four ports use that plug, while the six J3400 ports serve vehicles built with the Tesla-developed inlet.
An airport-by-airport build-out
AFDC lists nine bp pulse Gigahubs carrying airport codes in their names. In order of opening, IAH follows Gigahubs near Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston Hobby, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago O'Hare, Salt Lake City and Dallas-Fort Worth. The port counts and opening dates below come from AFDC.
| Gigahub | Location | DC fast ports | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | William F. McClellan Hwy., Boston | 20 | April 23, 2025 |
| SFO | S. Airport Blvd., South San Francisco, Calif. | 12 | June 7, 2025 |
| LAX | Aviation Blvd., Inglewood, Calif. | 48 | June 13, 2025 |
| HOU | Monroe Road, Houston | 40 | Oct. 25, 2025 |
| FLL | Miami Road, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 16 | Nov. 6, 2025 |
| ORD | Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Ill. | 40 | Dec. 4, 2025 |
| SLC | S. 2400 W., Salt Lake City | 24 | May 19, 2026 |
| DFW | State Highway 161, Irving, Texas | 22 | July 10, 2026 |
| IAH | John F. Kennedy Blvd., Houston | 22 | Sept. 30, 2026 |
AFDC also lists four Gigahubs without airport codes in their names, including a 24-port site on Katy Freeway in Houston that opened on April 6, 2024. IAH is the third Gigahub in Houston.
IAH matches the Dallas-Fort Worth Gigahub in Irving at 22 ports, and DCFC Tracker rates both at 400 kW. The two Texas Gigahubs opened 82 days apart, on July 10 and Sept. 30, 2026.
Texas and Florida travel-center openings
The airport hub also follows a string of bp pulse openings at TA travel centers, which DCFC Tracker logs as follows:
- TA Baytown, Texas (6800 Thompson Road): opened July 31, 2026, with 12 stalls at 400 kW.
- TA Dallas, Texas (7751 Bonnie View Road), and TA Reddick, Florida (7401 W. Highway 318): both opened Aug. 29, 2026, with 12 stalls each at 400 kW.
Between those openings and IAH, the tracker shows one other bp pulse site: an ARCO station on Harter Parkway in Yuba City, California, which opened on Sept. 16, 2026 with 6 CCS stalls at 150 kW.
Network size
As of Oct. 20, 2026, AFDC lists 91 public bp pulse DC fast-charging stations with 846 DC fast ports in the United States. DCFC Tracker counts in different units, tallying 95 sites and 870 stalls across 20 states, of which 622 stalls (72%) have CCS connectors and 238 (28%) have NACS connectors. The tracker's network totals carry no date, so its figures and AFDC's are not directly comparable.
The opening comes as Houston Airports, the system that includes IAH and Hobby, has been promoting EV charging at its own parking facilities. In an Oct. 8 newsroom post, Houston Airports said EV charging is available at the IAH ecopark on John F. Kennedy Boulevard, at ecopark2 on Will Clayton Parkway, and at the HOU ecopark lot. The post says the system added 32 EVs, Ford F-150 Lightning trucks and Ford E-Transit utility vans, to its fleet in May, and cites a September report of a 23% cut in systemwide carbon emissions from the 2019 baseline.
What It Means for Drivers
Drivers heading to or from IAH now have a public DC fast-charging option on John F. Kennedy Boulevard that is open around the clock. Owners of vehicles with a native J3400 inlet have six matching ports to choose from; CCS1 drivers have the other 16.
The 400 kW rating is each port's maximum output. Actual charging speed depends on the vehicle's own charging limit and battery state. The site phone number listed on AFDC is 833-277-8573, and AFDC's station page shows the current connector layout.
Travelers who leave a car parked during a trip have separate options from Houston Airports: its ecopark lots at IAH and HOU offer charging, and ecopark2 requires a parking reservation for entry.
For trips between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, both metro areas now have bp pulse Gigahubs near their major airports, and the TA sites in Baytown and Dallas add 12-stall options in each region.
