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Cap Ridge Wind I Co-Located Load

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NextEra behind-the-meter compute at Capricorn Ridge
Partially operational

Sterling County's entire data center story in one asset: NextEra parking flexible compute behind its own 2008-vintage wind farm, zero traditional colos in the county, just generation-co-located load eating curtailed West Texas wind.

75 MWPlanned power
Developer
NextEra Energy Resources
Owner
Cap Ridge Wind I, LLC (NextEra affiliate)
Tenant
High-density computational tenants (crypto miners / HPC clusters)
Power detail
ERCOT Large Load classification (≥75 MW), drawing from a 214.5 to 256 MW wind tranche of the 663 MW Capricorn Ridge project
Power source
Behind-the-meter wind (Capricorn Ridge, 407 GE/Siemens turbines) + ERCOT interconnection
Cooling
Not disclosed
Compute
Flexible industrial compute (mining/HPC)
Construction start
Wind COD May 2008; load integration registered late 2023
Est. completion
Fully operational
Grid strategy
Renewable-matched
County
Sterling
Nearest city
Sterling City
Announced
2023-12-01