Stargate Milam County Campus
OpenAI / SoftBank (SB Energy) · , TX · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 30.852, -96.972
- Serving utility, source-reported
- ERCOT
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 1200 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
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
One of five new Stargate sites announced; SB Energy providing powered infrastructure on 595-acre site ~70 miles NE of Austin
Underlying source - Under construction
Epoch AI satellite imagery shows building foundation construction beginning on 2026-01-04, and steel framing and roofing underway for Building 1 by 2026-03-23.
Underlying source - Under construction
Epoch AI's directory entry (updated 2026-06-24) describes the site as "an AI data center under construction."
Underlying source
Source notes
SB Energy (SoftBank) is to fund and build new on-site solar generation and storage to supply the majority of the campus's power, adjacent to its operational Orion Solar Belt (900+ MW) in Milam County; no on-site gas is confirmed for this site. SoftBank and OpenAI are each investing $500M in SB Energy. Planned campus capacity is 1.2 GW.
Sources and provenance
- OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites stand — Epoch AI · source retrieved 2026-07-05
- OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI data center sites — OpenAI · source retrieved 2026-07-05
- SB Energy to build and operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas — Data Center Dynamics · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- OpenAI Stargate's Milam 'Freebird' data center to span 548,950 sq ft in first phase ($470M) — Data Center Dynamics · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- SoftBank's SB Energy plans $3 billion Texas data center — The Real Deal · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- OpenAI Stargate Milam | AI data centers · source retrieved 2026-10-16
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.