IREN Sweetwater 1 is a data center operated by IREN in Sweetwater, TX, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 1400.0 MW and is currently under construction. It sits in the Abilene data-center market on the ERCOT grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 34.1-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Abilene — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Abilene — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Abilene's 5,650 MW across 10 tracked facilities represents a concentrated but increasingly strained market. The excess-power score of 63/100 indicates available generation capacity, yet the constraint rating of 51/100 signals real limitations in transmission, cooling, or grid integration. The operator base remains fragmented: Oracle/OpenAI jointly control three facilities while Oracle maintains two separate assets, with Crusoe Energy, LONGHORN DATA CENTER, and Lancium each operating single sites. This distribution suggests neither monopolistic control nor healthy competitive saturation, but rather a market where individual facility decisions carry outsized impact on overall market dynamics. The CAUTION verdict reflects a genuine paradox for acquisition-focused investors. While 63/100 excess power appears permissive on its surface, the 51/100 constraint score reveals that available…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 36 operating generating units totalling 5,938 MW within about 50 km of Sweetwater, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Sweetwater tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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