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Stargate Abilene

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Project Ludicrous · Lancium Clean Campus
Partially operational

The flagship Stargate campus and the most complete frontier-AI build in the country. Developed by Crusoe and leased by Oracle for OpenAI, it is the anchor of Abilene's emergence as a national AI hub.

1.2 GWPlanned power
Developer
Crusoe (on Lancium's Clean Campus)
Owner
JV: Crusoe + Blue Owl Capital (Real Assets) + Primary Digital Infrastructure
Tenant
Oracle (15-yr lease, runs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) → OpenAI
Power detail
1.2 GW at full buildout; ~200 MW IT confirmed operational by Oracle as of Apr 2026 (≈0.3 GW facility power per Epoch AI estimate); on-site gas: ~360 MW across 10 turbines + 62 diesel gensets authorized under TCEQ minor permits (2024); major permit application pending (2025) for 41 more turbines + 18 generators (reported mix: 29 GE LM2500XPRESS + 12 DT35)
Power source
On-site natural gas microgrid + ERCOT grid power (incl. local wind)
Cooling
Direct liquid cooling, closed-loop
Compute
450,000+ Nvidia GB200 GPUs at full buildout; first GB200 racks delivered Jun 2025
Construction start
Jun 2024 (Phase 1) · Mar 2025 (Phase 2)
Est. completion
Mid to late 2026 (full 8-building campus)
Grid strategy
Hybrid (grid + on-site)
County
Taylor
Nearest city
Abilene
Announced
2024-06-01