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Cipher Barber Lake AI Data Center Campus

Colorado City, Texas, United StatesPartially operational
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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

Reported capacity

Actual

168 MW

Source

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

Operating and expansion programPartially operational

Project-wide phase for Cipher Barber Lake AI Data Center Campus; capacity remains classified as contracted supply.

Milestones (2)
Barber Lake project status and capacity disclosed

Aug 10, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Tenant beneficial use begun; campus construction continuing

Date not disclosed · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Cipher Digital

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Fluidstack

Tenant

Sources by role
Tenant (1)
Google

Investor

Sources by role
Investor (1)

Capital & incentives

Financing records

Debt financing

$1.73bn

Feb 1, 2026

Barber Lake construction through substantial completion.

Parties & sources

Cipher Digital (Sponsor)

Site & development

Location context

Actual

Barber Lake campus | Colorado City area | West Texas

Source

Development scale

Actual

168 MW contracted critical IT within 244 MW gross capacity

Source

Development milestone

Actual

Tenant beneficial use begun

Source

Technical specifications

Power arrangement

Actual

Rental start expected in 2026.

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Partially operational

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

Cipher reports 168 MW of critical IT under the Fluidstack lease at Barber Lake.

Source

Boundary context

Actual

Barber Lake campus | Colorado City area | West Texas

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Partially operational

168 MW

Cipher reports 168 MW of critical IT under the Fluidstack lease at Barber Lake.

Site facility

Partially operational

Purpose-built HPC campus with high-density cooling and long-term tenant support.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

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