Cipher McLennan HPC Data Center
Cipher Digital · Waco, TX · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 31.474088, -96.96261
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 500 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-16
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
- ProposedUnderlying source
Source notes
Cipher's McLennan HPC/AI data center site in central Texas (McLennan County, the Waco area). Targeted capacity up to 500 MW; estimated energization 2028. Cipher entered an option agreement in October 2024 and exercised the option to acquire the special-purpose entity in February 2026. Part of Cipher's ~3.4 GW / 8-site HPC pipeline (Cipher Digital, formerly Cipher Mining). Coordinates approximate (McLennan County / Waco geocode; specific parcel not disclosed). Cipher Mining was renamed Cipher Digital.
Sources and provenance
- Cipher Digital (Cipher Mining) FY2025 Form 10-K — McLennan Site, central Texas, targeted capacity up to 500 MW, energize 2028; option exercised Feb 2026 · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- Waco Bridge — 'Second Waco-area data center proposal troubles residents' (citing McLennan County clerk records) · source retrieved 2026-08-16
- Cipher Mining — Announces Signing of Option Agreements to Acquire 1.5 GW of Data Center Sites in West and North Texas (GlobeNewswire, Oct 15, 2024) · source retrieved 2026-07-25
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.