Cipher Barber Lake AI Data Center Campus
- Contracted
- 168 MW
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
Cipher's September 25, 2026 announcement describes an amended Fluidstack lease and a separate binding AI-lab commitment providing an aggregate 20-year contracted term and over US$9 billion of expected revenue. Individual-hall delivery was forecast from Q4 2026 through Q1 2027, with first rent expected in Q4; these forecasts are not treated as achieved delivery or collected revenue. Cipher is completing Barber Lake for Fluidstack under a Google-backed lease. The tenant has begun beneficial use while remaining work proceeds toward the initial delivery milestone. Cipher Digital and Fluidstack and Google is publicly identified in the project record for Colorado City, Colorado City area, TX, US. The disclosed development record includes 168 MW contracted critical IT within 244 MW gross capacity; tenant beneficial use begun; rental start expected in 2026. Power and infrastructure include purpose-built HPC campus with high-density cooling and long-term tenant support. Cipher reports 168 MW of critical IT under the Fluidstack lease at Barber Lake. Cipher reported approximately $1.7 billion of high-yield bond financing supporting Barber Lake.
Capacity
Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records
A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.
Development
Project-wide phase for Cipher Barber Lake AI Data Center Campus; capacity remains classified as contracted supply.
Milestones (2)
Aug 10, 2026 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Source not linkedDate not disclosed · Forecast / planned record
Forecast · Forecast completion
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Developer
Sources by role
Developer (1)
- Cipher Digital Q2 2026 business update · Aug 10, 2026 · Primary
Tenant
Sources by role
Tenant (1)
- Cipher Digital Q2 2026 business update · Aug 10, 2026 · Primary
Investor
Sources by role
Investor (1)
- Cipher Digital Q2 2026 business update · Aug 10, 2026 · Primary
Capital & incentives
Financing records
Debt financing
$1.73bnFeb 1, 2026
Barber Lake construction through substantial completion.
Parties & sources
Cipher Digital (Sponsor)
Sources (2)
- Cipher Digital Q2 2026 business update · Aug 10, 2026
- Cipher Q4 2025 business update · Feb 1, 2026
Site & development
Technical specifications
Additional project facts
Infrastructure & permits
Technical details (2)
Partially operational
168 MW
Cipher reports 168 MW of critical IT under the Fluidstack lease at Barber Lake.
Partially operational
Purpose-built HPC campus with high-density cooling and long-term tenant support.
Project map
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.
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