Abilene and Big Country Data Centers

This page covers Abilene and the Big Country, the 19 counties of the West Central Texas Council of Governments, from Haskell and Shackelford south to Brown and Coleman and west to Scurry and Mitchell. It is wind country, inside ERCOT's West load zone. 7 data center campuses are open, being built or planned here: 1 operating (1 still adding buildings) and 6 under construction. The largest is Sweetwater Campus in Sweetwater, at 2 GW, developed by IREN. Taylor County has the most campuses, with 2.

Data center campuses in Abilene and the Big Country

Questions about Abilene and the Big Country data centers

How many data centers are in Abilene and the Big Country?
7 named data center campuses are in Abilene and the Big Country as of 2026: 1 operating (1 still adding buildings) and 6 under construction. The count covers named campuses with a published source, not every building, and leaves out paused or cancelled projects.
What is the largest data center in Abilene and the Big Country?
Sweetwater Campus in Sweetwater is the largest at 2 GW, developed by IREN. It is under construction.
Which data centers are under construction in Abilene and the Big Country?
6 campuses are under construction: Sweetwater Campus (Sweetwater), OpenAI Stargate Shackelford (Shackelford County), Crusoe Abilene Expansion (Abilene), Energy Vault Snyder AI Campus (Snyder), Haskell County Campus (Haskell) and Anthropic Barber Lake (Colorado City).
How much data center capacity is planned in Abilene and the Big Country?
The 7 campuses with a published capacity add up to 6.7 GW at full build. 2 of those figures are estimates, marked "est." in the list.
Which counties are in Abilene and the Big Country?
This page follows the West Central Texas Council of Governments planning region: Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor and Throckmorton counties. Campuses sit in Taylor County (2), Haskell County (1), Mitchell County (1), Nolan County (1), Scurry County (1) and Shackelford County (1).

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