Stargate Abilene Expansion is a data center operated by Oracle/OpenAI in Abilene, TX, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 600.0 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 59.5-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 data center footprint is modest but strategically concentrated, with 10 tracked facilities totaling 5,650 MW dominated by hyperscalers and specialized compute operators. Oracle and OpenAI jointly anchor three facilities, while Oracle independently operates two additional sites, giving the tech giant significant leverage over local capacity. Crusoe Energy, Lancium, and LONGHORN DATA CENTER round out the operator base, reflecting the market's emerging identity as a hub for both mainstream cloud infrastructure and specialized AI/ML workloads. The market has attracted meaningful capital attention—Lancium's $3 billion investment in Abilene signals confidence in the region's long-term viability as a power-efficient compute destination. The DCPI verdict of CAUTION warrants careful interpretation. An excess-power score of 62/100 indicates that Abilene has above-median power…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 15 operating generating units totalling 2,878 MW within about 50 km of Abilene, 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.
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