
Meta El Paso
Meta · El Paso, Texas · 1 GW · Building
Meta's 29th data center, broken ground in October 2025 as a site that can scale to 1 GW.
Facts
As of Oct 15, 2025- Capacity
- 1 GW
- Investment
- more than $10B
- Power
- El Paso Electric, closed-loop cooling
- Announced
- Oct 15, 2025
- Online
- Building
- Announced
- StoppedPaused or cancelled
History
Append-only, newest firstInvestmentOct 15, 2025
$1.5B → $10B
Initial $1.5 billion raised to more than $10 billion
New buildOct 15, 2025
Announced
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BuildingTarget 202611 GW
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Crusoe Childress campusCrusoe and Lancium plan a 1 GW AI data center campus in Childress, Texas, for an unnamed hyperscaler, repeating their Abilene model. | Build | Location | Capacity | Status | Target online |
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Project MatadorFermi America is building a private power and AI data center campus in Carson County near Amarillo, Texas, planned at 11 GW or more.Fermi America · Amarillo, Texas · Building · Target 2026 | Amarillo, Texas | 11 GW | Building | 2026 |
HyperionMeta's largest campus, phased through 2030; in July 2026 the plan grew to 5 GW and up to $50 billion.Meta · Richland Parish, Louisiana · Building · Target 2030 | Richland Parish, Louisiana | 5 GW | Building2 changes | 2030 |
Caldwell Valley Technology ParkTract assembled a nearly 3,000 acre campus in Caldwell County, Texas, planned for over 2 GW of data centers from 2028.Tract · Lockhart, Texas · Announced · Target H1 2028 · unverified | Lockhart, Texas | 2 GW | Announced | H1 2028 |
Sweetwater 1 and 2IREN 2 GW grid-connected site at Sweetwater, Texas; the first substation was energized in 2026 and initial AI capacity is planned for 2027.IREN · Sweetwater, Texas · Building · Target 2027 | Sweetwater, Texas | 2 GW | Building | 2027 |
Vantage Frontier campusTen buildings on 1,200 acres, 1.4 GW of GPU capacity, first building due in the second half of 2026. OpenAI named Shackelford County for an Oracle-developed Stargate site a month later.Vantage Data Centers · Shackelford County, Texas · Building · Target H2 2026 | Shackelford County, Texas | 1.4 GW | Building | H2 2026 |
Stargate AbileneThe flagship Stargate campus, built by Crusoe on Lancium's site and run by Oracle for OpenAI: eight buildings, about 1.2 GW.Oracle for OpenAI · Abilene, Texas · Partly online · Target 2026 | Abilene, Texas | 1.2 GW | Partly online3 changes | 2026 |
Stargate Milam County (Freebird)SB Energy builds and runs the 1.2 GW site; phase one, four data halls in 548,950 sq ft, is filed for completion on October 15, 2026.SB Energy for OpenAI · Milam County, Texas · Building · Target Oct 15, 2026 | Milam County, Texas | 1.2 GW | Building1 change | Oct 15, 2026 |
Crusoe Childress campusCrusoe and Lancium plan a 1 GW AI data center campus in Childress, Texas, for an unnamed hyperscaler, repeating their Abilene model.Crusoe · Childress, Texas · Announced · Target Q3 2026 | Childress, Texas | 1 GW | Announced | Q3 2026 |
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