The biggest single bet in AI infrastructure has an address in West Texas. The Stargate campus in Abilene is the flagship of the OpenAI and Oracle data center program, and it’s scaling toward eight buildings, roughly 4 million square feet, and 1.2 gigawatts of compute.
Project Scope
Crusoe is developing and building the campus on the Lancium clean-energy site, with DPR Construction among the lead builders. The first phase put two buildings and more than 200 MW into service. The current expansion adds six more buildings, due through the first quarter of 2027, and at peak the site has run close to 5,000 workers. Oracle leases the capacity, which OpenAI uses to train and run its models.
Why It Matters
Numbers like 1.2 gigawatts used to describe regional power systems, not single computing sites. Stargate Abilene is the template for a new class of jobs that bend local grids, water systems and labor markets around one tenant’s compute needs. It anchors a multi-site program that now includes a $16 billion Stargate campus in Michigan. More from Crusoe.
Project Team & Details
| Developer | Crusoe |
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| Owner / Client | Oracle |
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| General Contractor | DPR Construction |
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| Status | Under Construction |
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| Delivery Method | Design-Build |
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| Funding Source | Private |
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