Vantage Frontier / Stargate Shackelford

Shackelford County, Texas, United StatesUnder construction

Planned critical IT: 1,400 MW
Updated: Oct 28, 2026

Vantage's Frontier campus in Shackelford County is under construction for Oracle/OpenAI Stargate. Vantage plans 1.4 GW of critical IT capacity and ten buildings, not a verified operating load. Its first-building forecast remains H2 2026, while Oracle says customer delivery begins in H1 2027; these milestones are not interchangeable. Official building records extend into 2027. The design combines onsite gas generation with closed-loop cooling and planned diverse fiber paths. Public records identify building-level Vantage owners and Oracle occupants/operators. Site-specific financing closure and current metered IT load remain unverified.

This record and Frontier Texas describe overlapping Frontier campus scope. Do not add their 1,400 MW figures together. Related record

Capacity

Planned critical IT capacity

Planned / design or future potential

1,400 MW

Source

Rack density

Planned / design or future potential

250+ kW

Power density; not a whole-site capacity

Source

Power supply

Reported plan

Behind the meter natural gas microgrid system

Source

ABI-1 proposed installed generation — July 2025 review 180842, not later application 182467

Proposed generation, not operating IT load

709 MW

Generation capacity; not IT capacity

Source

Onsite generation infrastructure

Design

Oracle describes onsite gas reciprocating engines; ABI-1 is connected generation, not IT capacity. system

Generation capacity; not IT capacity

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

First data-center deliveryUnder construction

Ten-building campus buildoutPlanned

Behind-the-meter microgridUnder construction or planned

Participants

Developer

Cloud operator

Customer

Generation developer

Vantage Data Centers TX301 LLC

Registered owner — TX301 building only, not whole campus fee title

Oracle America Inc.

Registered operator

Other participants (1)

Oracle America Cloud Services LLC

Registered occupant

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Project value

Company development value estimate

More than $25 billion

Source

Site & development

Building count

Planned

10 buildings

Source

Gross floor area

Planned

More than 3,700,000 square feet

Source

Site area

Current company description with historical conflict

1,200 Currently; historical September 2025 Oracle sheet says 700 (scope unresolved) acres

Source

First building delivery forecast

Forecast

H2 2026 (Vantage forecast) period

Source

TX301 and TX304 building projects registered

Registered

2026-06-29 — Registered milestone

Source

Vantage first building: H2 2026 forecast

Forecast; half year precision

H2 2026 — forecast milestone

Source

TX301 registered completion estimate

Forecast

2027-08-11 — Forecast milestone

Source

Technical specifications

Cooling system

Design

Closed loop liquid chiller system

Source

Cooling infrastructure

Planned

Closed loop chiller with air/liquid to liquid systems, N+1 mechanical. Design, not measured cooling efficiency. system

Source

Fiber infrastructure

Planned

Diverse dark/lit paths, three MMRs per building. AT&T, Fiberlight, Windstream and Zayo nearby does not mean contracted/on net. system

Source

Water infrastructure

Design

Oracle describes one time fill and non evaporative loop; named source supplier and measured total consumption not established. system

Source

Additional project facts

Stargate identity

Corporate identification

Yes

Source

Customer delivery forecast

Forecast

H1 2027 period

Source

Vantage announces Frontier

Announced

2025-08-19 — Announced milestone

Source

Frontier named as Stargate Shackelford

Announced

2025-09-23 — Announced milestone

Source

TX301–TX310 certification effective, not opening

Effective

2025-10-08 — Effective milestone

Source

Oracle customer delivery begins H1 2027

Forecast; half year precision

H1 2027 — forecast milestone

Source

ABI-1 180842 permit or registration record

Air standard permit technical review

Technical review signed; review/notice/registration date 2025-07-17. Technical review signed; standalone authorization, full amendment history and actual generation not established. regulatory record

Source

ABI-1 182467 / PSDTX1692 / GHGPSDTX266 permit or registration record

Air permit application

Pending; review/notice/registration date 2025-12-17. Notice date is not issuance. Application remains on pending list inspected October 27, 2026; final action and actual operation not established. regulatory record

Source

TX301 TABS2026024068 permit or registration record

Building accessibility registration

Review complete; review/notice/registration date 2026-06-29. Accessibility review complete is not construction complete. Registered completion estimate August 11, 2027. regulatory record

Source

Qualifying large data center certification

Certified

TX301–TX310 certification effective October 8, 2025. No exemption savings quantified. Certification is not commissioning, utilization or proof of realized tax benefits. incentive scope

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (7)

Cooling system

Design

closed-loop liquid chiller

Power supply

Reported plan

behind-the-meter natural-gas microgrid

ABI-1 proposed installed generation — July 2025 review 180842, not later application 182467

Proposed generation, not operating IT load

709 MW

Onsite generation infrastructure

Design

Oracle describes onsite gas reciprocating engines; ABI-1 is connected generation, not IT capacity.

Cooling infrastructure

Planned

Closed-loop chiller with air/liquid-to-liquid systems, N+1 mechanical. Design, not measured cooling efficiency.

Fiber infrastructure

Planned

Diverse dark/lit paths, three MMRs per building. AT&T, Fiberlight, Windstream and Zayo nearby does not mean contracted/on-net.

Water infrastructure

Design

Oracle describes one-time fill and non-evaporative loop; named source supplier and measured total consumption not established.

ABI-1 180842 permit or registration record · Technical review signed; review/notice/registration date 2025-07-17. Technical review signed; standalone authorization, full amendment history and actual generation not established.

Vantage Frontier / Stargate Shackelford

ABI-1 182467 / PSDTX1692 / GHGPSDTX266 permit or registration record · Pending; review/notice/registration date 2025-12-17. Notice date is not issuance. Application remains on pending list inspected October 27, 2026; final action and actual operation not established.

Vantage Frontier / Stargate Shackelford

TX301 TABS2026024068 permit or registration record · Review complete; review/notice/registration date 2026-06-29. Accessibility review complete is not construction complete. Registered completion estimate August 11, 2027.

Vantage Frontier / Stargate Shackelford

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

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