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Cipher McLennan AI Data Center Campus

Texas, United StatesPreconstruction
Evidence
Planned / design
500 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Cipher is advancing McLennan as a 500 MW gross-power HPC development site. The site is secured and in the interconnection process, but it is not yet an operating data center. Cipher Digital is publicly identified in the project record for McLennan County, TX, US. The disclosed development record includes 500 MW gross pipeline capacity; land secured; deposits funded; 2028 target subject to ERCOT. Power and infrastructure include planned hyperscale campus and ERCOT interconnection. Cipher reports 500 MW of gross pipeline capacity subject to ERCOT.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

500 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

Development programAnnounced or preconstruction

Project-wide phase for Cipher McLennan AI Data Center Campus; capacity remains classified as future potential.

Milestones (2)
McLennan project status and capacity disclosed

Aug 10, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Land secured and grid studies submitted

Date not disclosed · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Cipher Digital

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)

Site & development

Location context

Actual

McLennan campus | McLennan County | Texas

Source

Development scale

Actual

500 MW gross pipeline capacity

Source

Development milestone

Actual

Land secured

Source

Site configuration

Actual

2028 Target subject to ERCOT.

Source

Technical specifications

Power arrangement

Actual

Deposits funded

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Preconstruction

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

Cipher reports 500 MW of gross pipeline capacity subject to ERCOT.

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

500 MW

Cipher reports 500 MW of gross pipeline capacity subject to ERCOT.

Site facility

Planned or represented

Planned hyperscale campus and ERCOT interconnection.

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

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