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Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1)

Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center is a tracked AI data center campus in Texas, Abilene. Anchor site for the OpenAI/Oracle Stargate program; Crusoe develops and operates, Oracle leases and subleases to OpenAI. NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 deployed at scale.

Partially energized · Crusoe · ERCOT · Abilene, Texas, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

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Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1) capacity claims
Source

Key facts

partially energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

Crusoe

Developer

United States

Location

ERCOT

Grid

3

Facilities tracked

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

IT capacity
1200 MW (Public reporting: 8 buildings, ~1.2 GW at full buildout; first two buildings energized 2025)
Named tenants
OpenAI, Oracle
Grid operator
ERCOT
Serving utility
Oncor / AEP

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In clusterTexas(606)

The deal

developer
Crusoe

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
ERCOT
Interconnection

The Texas (ERCOT) grid demand right now: 63.1 GW (EIA-930, 2026-08-29 15:00).

County water status: Moderate drought (D1) in Taylor County, week of 2026-08-25 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center is in Texas, Abilene. It connects to the ERCOT grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Facilities at this campus

Sources

23fecf27-e478-410e-8275-81276364220c · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1)?
Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1) is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Abilene. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1)?
Crusoe is recorded as a party to Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1) on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1) operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1) is partially energized. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1)?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Crusoe Abilene AI Data Center (Stargate Site 1): AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 29, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/crusoe-abilene-ai-data-center

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