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Stargate Abilene

Abilene, Texas, United StatesOperating
Evidence
Planned capacity
1,200 MW
Reported site area
1,100 acres Source
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Stargate Abilene is the first operating campus in OpenAI’s U.S. Stargate infrastructure program. Developed and operated by Crusoe at Lancium’s Abilene Clean Campus, the project runs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and supports OpenAI training and inference workloads. Its first two buildings were energized in 2025; six more are under construction, bringing the planned campus to approximately 4 million square feet and 1.2 GW.

Capacity

Planned campus

Planned / design

1.2 GW

Source

Initial two-building phase

Financing scope

206 MW

Source

Grid interconnection

Lancium-reported; energized amount not disclosed

1.2 GW

Source

Onsite generation

Permitted nameplate

360.5 MW

Source
Operating IT capacityNot established in published records

Development

Initial two-building phase

Operational

2 buildings

Six-building expansion

Under construction

6 buildings

Initial-phase floor area
998,000 sq. ft. Source
Planned campus floor area
4 million sq. ft. Source
Expansion completion forecast
end of 2026 Source

Participants

Blue Owl Capital funds

Investor

Sources by role
Investor (1)
Crusoe

Contractor · Developer · Operator

Sources by role
Contractor (3)
Developer (3)
Operator (3)
Lancium

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (3)
OpenAI

Customer

Sources by role
Customer (2)
Oracle

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (2)
Primary Digital Infrastructure

Investor

Sources by role
Investor (1)
Suppliers and other participants (4)
ERCOT

Operator

Sources by role
Operator (1)
GE Vernova

Supplier

Sources by role
Supplier (2)
NVIDIA

Supplier

Sources by role
Supplier (2)
Solar Turbines

Supplier

Sources by role
Supplier (1)

Capital & incentives

Forward takeout

$3.4bn

Oct 15, 2024

Initial two buildings, 206 MW, 998,000 square feet

Parties & sources

Blue Owl Capital funds (Sponsor) · Crusoe (Joint venture partner) · Primary Digital Infrastructure (Adviser / Sponsor)

Sources (1)

Debt financing

$600m

Oct 16, 2025

Lancium Clean Campus strategy beginning with Abilene; project allocation not fully disclosed

Parties & sources

Cantor Fitzgerald (Adviser) · Lancium (Borrower) · Santander (Adviser / Arranger)

Sources (1)

Property tax abatement

85% for 10 years

Approved · City of Abilene

New improvements, repairs and tangible personal property; building-by-building agreements

Rate sourceTerm source

Infrastructure & permits

Cooling design

Closed loop non evaporative liquid cooling with air cooled chillers; direct to chip capable

Source

Sources differ on annual cooling-water use. Source 1 · Source 2

Onsite generation

Sources differ on primary versus backup use. Source 1 · Source 2

Technical details
Electric grid

Lancium describes a 1.2 GW ERCOT-approved interconnection. Formal utility approval and the energized amount were not independently verified; this is not operating IT load.

Onsite natural gas generation

Ten simple-cycle turbines; generation nameplate is not campus IT load.

Closed loop cooling

Initial fill and routine maintenance water remain distinct.

Air authorization technical review · Documented

Longhorn Data Center

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Jan 1, 2025

Sources (1)

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

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