# Cipher Riesel Data Center

Data center facility record on DEPLOY. Every fact is individually sourced and dated.

- **Canonical ID:** 1cb78e3e-3f46-4871-9386-a96aa5c42893
- **Type:** AI data center facility
- **Operator:** [Cipher Mining](/companies/cipher-mining.md)
- **Location:** Riesel
- **Status:** planned
- **Facility type:** crypto hpc
- **Critical IT (MW):** 500

## Evidence (each fact, sourced)

- critical_it_mw: up to 500 MW · claimed · https://wacobridge.org/2026/05/27/waco-data-center-cipher-riesel-mclennan-county/
- record: Cipher Riesel Data Center · reported · https://wacobridge.org/2026/05/27/waco-data-center-cipher-riesel-mclennan-county/
- status: planned - ~300 acres off Rattlesnake Rd near Sandy Creek power plant · reported · https://wacobridge.org/2026/05/27/waco-data-center-cipher-riesel-mclennan-county/

## Common questions


**What is Cipher Riesel Data Center?**

Cipher Riesel Data Center is a data center facility record on the DEPLOY registry, in Riesel. Every fact on the record is individually sourced and dated.

**Who operates Cipher Riesel Data Center?**

Cipher Mining operates Cipher Riesel Data Center, per the sourced record on the DEPLOY registry.

**Is Cipher Riesel Data Center operating?**

Cipher Riesel Data Center is recorded as planned on the DEPLOY registry, with 500 MW of critical IT capacity. Each figure traces to a source.

**How verified is the data on Cipher Riesel Data Center?**

A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every rendered fact shows its source: this is what a verified record looks like next to an unsourced directory listing.

Canonical: https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/facilities/cipher-riesel-data-center-mclennan-tx
JSON: https://registry.deploy.report/v1/datacenters/facilities/cipher-riesel-data-center-mclennan-tx