Cipher Colchis Campus
Cipher Digital · San Angelo, TX · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 31.5290977, -100.3212098
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 1000 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-21
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Cipher purchased a majority interest in a JV (Colchis LLC) to develop the 1-GW Colchis HPC site in West Texas; fully executed 1-GW AEP Direct Connect agreement, energization targeted 2028.
Underlying source
Source notes
1-GW HPC/AI development site in Tom Green County, northeast of San Angelo near AEP's Red Creek 345-kV substation (~2,500 ft east of the Skybox San Angelo campus). In November 2025 Cipher purchased a majority interest in a JV (Colchis LLC) to develop the site, with options to buy ~620 acres of land adjacent to the existing substation; Cipher expects ~95% equity subject to final lease/development terms. Coordinates are the NE-San-Angelo / Red Creek substation area centroid (approximate) pending a parcel-level GIS lookup. Investment and jobs figures undisclosed -> omitted. County pinned via local press (San Angelo LIVE); the SEC 10-K discloses only "West Texas.". Cipher Mining was renamed Cipher Digital.
Fully executed 1-GW Direct Connect Agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) for a dual interconnection facility at the AEP Red Creek 345-kV substation; targeted energization 2028; advanced ERCOT studies per Cipher's Q3 2025 update.
Sources and provenance
- Cipher Digital Inc. FY2025 Form 10-K — Item 1 Site Pipeline, Colchis Site (1-GW West Texas, 620 acres, AEP Direct Connect, energize 2028) · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- Cipher Mining Provides Third Quarter 2025 Business Update — formation of JV to develop 1-GW Colchis site in West Texas · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- San Angelo May End Up With a Data Center It Can't Regulate — Cipher Digital Colchis in Tom Green County, near AEP Red Creek substation · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- Cipher Mining Provides Third Quarter 2025 Business Update (GlobeNewswire, Nov 3, 2025) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.