West Texas Data Centers: Permian Basin, El Paso and San Angelo
This page covers the Permian Basin, El Paso and San Angelo: 36 counties from Midland and Odessa west to the New Mexico line. The Permian is on the ERCOT grid. El Paso is not: El Paso Electric serves it as part of the Western Interconnection. 12 data center campuses are open, being built or planned here: 3 operating (1 still adding buildings), 4 under construction and 5 announced or permitted. The largest is Alpha Digital Campus in Reeves County, at 2 GW (an estimate), developed by PowerBridge / LandBridge. The biggest build under way is Core Scientific Pecos AI Campus in Pecos (1 GW). Reeves County has the most campuses, with 3.
- Campuses: 12
- Operating: 3 (1 expanding)
- Under construction: 4
- Announced or permitted: 5
- Capacity at full build: 7.3 GW (includes 1 est. figure)
Data center campuses in West Texas
- Ionic Digital Cedarvale Campus, Barstow (Ward County) · operational · 234 MW · developer: Ionic Digital
- Cipher Odessa, Odessa (Ector County) · operational · 207 MW · developer: Cipher Digital
- Applied Digital Garden City, Garden City (Glasscock County) · operational · 200 MW · developer: Applied Digital
- Core Scientific Pecos AI Campus, Pecos (Reeves County) · under construction · 1 GW · developer: Core Scientific
- Meta El Paso, El Paso (El Paso County) · under construction · 1 GW · developer: Meta
- Cipher Black Pearl, Wink (Winkler County) · under construction · 300 MW · developer: Cipher Digital
- Cipher Stingray, Andrews (Andrews County) · under construction · 70 MW · developer: Cipher Mining
- Alpha Digital Campus, Reeves County (Reeves County) · announced · 2 GW est. · developer: PowerBridge / LandBridge
- Microsoft Pecos (Reeves County), Pecos (Reeves County) · announced · 2 GW · developer: Microsoft
- Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), Odessa (Ector County) · announced · 250 MW · developer: New Era Energy & Digital
- GW Ranch, Fort Stockton (Pecos County) · permitted · developer: Pacifico Energy
- Skybox San Angelo Campus, San Angelo (Tom Green County) · permitted · developer: Skybox Data Centers
Questions about West Texas data centers
- How many data centers are in West Texas?
- 12 named data center campuses are in West Texas as of 2026: 3 operating (1 still adding buildings), 4 under construction and 5 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 West Texas?
- Alpha Digital Campus in Reeves County is the largest at 2 GW (an estimate), developed by PowerBridge / LandBridge. It is announced.
- Which data centers are under construction in West Texas?
- 4 campuses are under construction: Core Scientific Pecos AI Campus (Pecos), Meta El Paso (El Paso), Cipher Black Pearl (Wink) and Cipher Stingray (Andrews).
- How much data center capacity is planned in West Texas?
- The 10 campuses with a published capacity add up to 7.3 GW at full build. 1 of those figures is an estimate, marked "est." in the list. The other 2 have no published figure yet.
- Which counties are in West Texas?
- This page follows the Permian Basin, Rio Grande and Concho Valley planning regions: Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton and Tom Green counties. Campuses sit in Reeves County (3), Ector County (2), Andrews County (1), El Paso County (1), Glasscock County (1), Pecos County (1), Tom Green County (1), Ward County (1) and Winkler County (1).
Other Texas regions
- North Texas data centers, 26 campuses
- Central Texas data centers, 18 campuses
- Abilene and the Big Country data centers, 7 campuses
- Texas Panhandle and South Plains data centers, 12 campuses
- San Antonio and South Texas data centers, 12 campuses