Sweetwater Campus
2 GW AI data center in Sweetwater, TX, United States: under construction.
- Capacity: 2 GW
- Location: Sweetwater, TX, United States
- Developer: IREN
- Status: under construction
Sweetwater Campus is a 2 GW AI data center project located in Sweetwater, TX, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by IREN. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across TX, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
IREN is building a $2 billion, 600 MW campus in Sweetwater in West Texas, and Microsoft is linked as a capacity customer. It's the largest project in IREN's pivot from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure.
Public companies linked to Sweetwater Campus
Developers, tenants, and suppliers tracked by Data Center Index with exposure to this project:
- IREN (IREN), developer · gpu cloud · high DC exposure
- Microsoft (MSFT), tenant · hyperscaler
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Sweetwater Campus?
- Sweetwater Campus is an AI data center project in Sweetwater, Texas tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is Sweetwater Campus?
- Sweetwater Campus is in Sweetwater, Texas. Every tracked Texas campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/texas.
- How big is Sweetwater Campus?
- Data Center Index tracks Sweetwater Campus at 2 GW. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated September 21, 2026.
- Who is building Sweetwater Campus?
- IREN is developing Sweetwater Campus.
- When will Sweetwater Campus come online?
- The next building at Sweetwater Campus is expected online 2027. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
- Which public companies are linked to Sweetwater Campus?
- Data Center Index links 2 tracked public companies to Sweetwater Campus: IREN (IREN), Microsoft (MSFT). Each is a developer, tenant or supplier with a sourced link to the project.
Sources
- IREN (developer project page) (iren.com · press · 2026-09-01)
- IREN Secures $9.7bn AI Cloud Contract with Microsoft (Exhibit 99.1) (sec.gov · filing · 2025-11-03)
- GlobeNewswire (IREN press release) (globenewswire.com · press · 2026-09-12)