Stargate

Operational

OpenAI / SoftBank / Oracle · Abilene, TX

Maintained and reviewed by Malachi Rein, LEED AP BD+CDataset version 2026-09-14

Stargate by OpenAI / SoftBank / Oracle in Abilene, TX is planned at 1.2 GW and about $32 billion, and is operational, with a 2026 target as of September 2026. It ranks 26th of 54 tracked US mega projects by planned capacity, 1.1% of the 109.2 GW national total. The capacity figure is developer disclosed; the investment figure is third-party analyst estimate. Confidence is medium: one figure is reported, estimated, or scoped differently than the campus. Malachi.Energy tracks 12 mega projects in Texas in total.

Planned capacity

1.2 GW

Developer disclosed

Announced investment

$32 billion

Third-party analyst estimate

Status

Operational

As of September 2026

Target year

2026

First load or full build per source

Where the figures come from

Capacity basis: Developer disclosed
Investment basis: Third-party analyst estimate
Confidence: Medium: one figure is reported, estimated, or scoped differently than the campus.
Counted in headline totals: Yes. The investment figure is not developer-stated campus cost, so it is listed as announced rather than comparable spend.
Primary source: Epoch AI, September 2026
Last verified: September 2026, dataset version 2026-09-14. Re-checked at every data refresh.

Basis and confidence definitions are in the directory methodology.

What is known

OpenAI's flagship Stargate campus. Buildings 1-4 serving about 420 MW of IT load as of September 2026, buildings 5-8 structurally complete, full 1.2 GW projected by late 2026. A 600 MW expansion was scrapped in March 2026. Investment is Epoch AI's projected site cost at full buildout; the $100B figure often quoted is the program-wide Stargate commitment.

Location

Site: Abilene, TX
Coordinates: 32.45, -99.74
State directory: Data centers in Texas (215 verified facilities)

Other tracked projects in Texas

Advanced Energy Campus (Fermi America)Carson County, TX, 17.0 GW, announced
Data City TexasLaredo, TX, 5.0 GW, proposed
Matrix Data Center CampusSulphur Springs, TX, 3.0 GW, under construction
Google Texas ExpansionHaskell County, TX, 2.0 GW, under construction
Microsoft Pecos (Project Kilby)Pecos, TX, 2.0 GW, announced
Galaxy Digital HeliosDickens County, TX, 1.6 GW, operational
Vantage FrontierAlbany, TX, 1.4 GW, under construction
Stargate Milam CountyMilam County, TX, 1.2 GW, under construction
Meta El PasoEl Paso, TX, 1.0 GW, under construction
CyrusOne Freestone CountyFreestone County, TX, 760 MW, under construction
Nexus Hubbard (Anthropic)Hubbard, TX, 600 MW, announced

Cite this record

Rein, Malachi (2026). Stargate (Abilene, TX). In US Data Center Directory, dataset version 2026-09-14. Malachi.Energy. https://malachi.energy/data-centers/projects/stargate-abilene

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  title = {Stargate (Abilene, TX)},
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  note = {Dataset version 2026-09-14. Capacity basis: Developer disclosed. Investment basis: Third-party analyst estimate.},
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Figures are planned capacity and announced investment from public filings and reporting, not delivered power or audited spend. Capacity basis: developer disclosed. Investment basis: third-party analyst estimate. Dataset version 2026-09-14. Maintained by Malachi Rein for Malachi.Energy.