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title: "West Texas data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# West Texas data center market

Power availability in West Texas: DCPI verdict CAUTION, composite score 43.4 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 238 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the West Texas data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the West Texas market for a data center")`

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DCPI Score**43.4/100**

MW, all listings**3,950**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**CAUTION**

## West Texas at a glance

West Texas has 150 MW operational, 200 MW under construction and 2,000 MW planned among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are CoreWeave (2,000 MW), Galaxy (1,600 MW) and Lancium (350 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Operational | 150 |
| Under construction | 200 |
| Planned | 2,000 |
| Status not reported | 1,600 |
| Total listed | 3,950 |

## Developers building or planning in West Texas

| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CoreWeave |  | 2,000 |
| Lancium | 200 |  |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in West Texas

DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.

West Texas tracks 3,950 MW across nine facilities in various stages of development, with Lancium operating two sites and CoreWeave, Galaxy, and IONIC Digital each operating one. The region's operator base remains fragmented, with no single entity commanding a dominant footprint.

Operator consolidation has not emerged as a defining trend in West Texas to date. Lancium's dual-site presence is the largest single-operator footprint on record. No recent acquisitions or major portfolio consolidations have been announced. Deal flow remains minimal, with no completed transactions recorded beyond the undisclosed West Texas Data Center lease. CoreWeave, Galaxy, and IONIC Digital each maintain single facilities, indicating either staged expansion strategies or compartmentalized portfolios.

## Data centers in West Texas

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CoreWeave West Texas (Project Horizon)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/coreweave-coreweave-west-texas-project-horizon-6091c279) | CoreWeave | Planned | 2,000 |
| [Galaxy Helios Data Center Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/galaxy-galaxy-helios-data-center-campus-cd7cdd68) | Galaxy | Approved | 1,600 |
| [Lancium Fort Stockton](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lancium-lancium-fort-stockton-987d5425) | Lancium | Under Construction | 200 |
| [Lancium Abilene](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/lancium-lancium-abilene-b31cd0b8) | Lancium | Operational | 150 |
| [IONIC Digital Cedarvale](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/ionic-digital-ionic-digital-cedarvale-54d359e9) | IONIC Digital | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Texas](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/texas).

## More on West Texas

- [West Texas DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/west-texas)
- [West Texas market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/west-texas/brief)
- [Texas data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/brief)
- [Texas data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/texas/data-center-incentives)

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