Texas Panhandle and South Plains Data Centers

This page covers the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains, the 41 counties around Amarillo and Lubbock. Much of the Panhandle sits outside ERCOT, in the Southwest Power Pool, so it is one of the few parts of Texas where a campus can connect to a grid other than the state's own. 12 data center campuses are open, being built or planned here: 4 operating (2 still adding buildings), 6 under construction and 2 announced or permitted. The largest is Crusoe Childress Campus in Childress, at 1 GW, developed by Crusoe / Lancium. The biggest build under way is Project Caprock in Abernathy (540 MW). Childress and Hale counties lead with 2 campuses each.

Data center campuses in Texas Panhandle and South Plains

Questions about Texas Panhandle and South Plains data centers

How many data centers are in Texas Panhandle and South Plains?
12 named data center campuses are in Texas Panhandle and South Plains as of 2026: 4 operating (2 still adding buildings), 6 under construction and 2 announced or permitted. 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 Texas Panhandle and South Plains?
Crusoe Childress Campus in Childress is the largest at 1 GW, developed by Crusoe / Lancium. It is announced.
Which data centers are under construction in Texas Panhandle and South Plains?
6 campuses are under construction: Project Caprock (Abernathy), Fluidstack Abernathy (Abernathy), Amazon Horizon Junction Campus (Floydada), Goodnight (Claude), Meitner Energy Center (Pampa) and Project Matador (Fermi America HyperGrid) (Amarillo).
How much data center capacity is planned in Texas Panhandle and South Plains?
The 6 campuses with a published capacity add up to 3.2 GW at full build. Every one of those figures comes from a filing, the developer or the press. The other 6 have no published figure yet.
Which counties are in Texas Panhandle and South Plains?
This page follows the Panhandle and South Plains planning regions: Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler, Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry and Yoakum counties. Campuses sit in Childress County (2), Hale County (2), Armstrong County (1), Briscoe County (1), Carson County (1), Dickens County (1), Floyd County (1), Gray County (1), Oldham County (1) and Potter County (1).

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