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OpenAI Stargate Shackelford

Under constructionAI campusCampusAbilene, Shackelford County, Texas
60% profile completeness
30 claims from 11 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
1.96 GW[1]
Likelyestimated
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
10[1]
Likelyderived
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Aug 15, 2027[1]
Speculativeestimated

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
H1 2027 – H1 2028
Medium confidencewindow, not a prediction
Project verification
Under construction
Construction documented by satellite imagery.
Current stage
Under construction
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Taylor Electric Coop INC - (Tx) · ERCOT
Substation: On-site substation

Power reality

Announced
1.96 GW[1]
Research estimate of planned capacity (no company figure found)
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
1.96 GW[1]
Building 1, Building 2, Building 3, Building 4, Building 5, Building 6, Building 7, Building 8, Building 9, Building 10 under construction (satellite-tracked phases)
Operational
No record
  • ⚠ No public interconnection record for this load — ERCOT does not publish large-load requests.
  • ⚠ No permit record linked to this site yet.
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.
How the time-to-power window was estimated
Evidence used
  • Current stage: Under construction (furthest stage with documented evidence)[1]
  • Construction elapsed: Construction documented since 2025-08-01 (1.2 years).
  • Stated date: Next projected milestone: 2027-08-15 (modeled/speculative)[1]
  • Required: 1.96 GW
Assumptions
  • From “Under construction”, large loads have typically taken 0.5–2 more years to first power (editorial range; see Methodology).
  • Construction to first power typically takes 1.25–2.5 years.
  • The window is a range of plausible outcomes under these assumptions, not a forecast. It moves as new filings, queue updates or imagery arrive.
Window: H1 2027 – H1 2028

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionAug 1, 2025
    Model estimate · Satellite imagery
    • Aug 1, 2025 · Reported status: under construction[1]
    • Aug 1, 2025 · Construction start[1]
    • Aug 1, 2025 · Land clearing begins.[1]
  3. Energization
  4. Operational

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Model estimate, Satellite imagery.

Grid path

  1. facility
    OpenAI Stargate Shackelford
  2. substation
    On-site substation[1]
    Satellite imageryLikely
    1 substation outline traced inside the campus on satellite imagery
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    Taylor Electric Coop INC - (Tx)[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    ERCOT[4]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: ERCO
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
32.54405, -99.54824
Address
175 Private Road 1604, Abilene, TX 79601, Shackelford County[1]Likely
County
Shackelford County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Oracle[1]
    Vantage Data Centers[2]Likely
  3. 3. Operator
    Not identified
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    OpenAI[1]
Capital & construction
Investor:
Oracle[1]
Investor:
OpenAI[1]

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Owner
Oracle[1]Confirmed
Developer
Vantage Data Centers[2]Likely

“Together with Frontier, a Texas campus in Shackelford County, Vantage is investing more than $40 billion in critical digital infrastructure, underscoring the company’s accelerating momentum to deliver high-density, next-generation digital infrastructure at unprecedented scale and speed for today’s most advanced global tech leaders.”

End user
OpenAI[1]Confirmed
Utility
Taylor Electric Coop INC - (Tx)(unreviewed)[3]Unverified

Most likely retail provider among 6 overlapping service territories (largest retail sales; territory polygons are approximate). Also overlapping: Big Country Electric Coop, INC, Comanche County Elec Coop Assn, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, AEP Texas North Company, Fort Belknap Electric Coop INC.

Investor
Oracle[1]Confirmed
OpenAI[1]Confirmed

Power (all fields)

Planned capacity
1.96 GW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2028-11-11); not necessarily full build-out.

Current facility power
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
ERCOT[4]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
ERCO[3]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

State avg. industrial price
7.07¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
8.47¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
1.85 GW[7]Confirmedderived

12 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
410 MW[5]Confirmedderived

2 active generation interconnection requests in Shackelford County: Storage 207 MW, Solar 204 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Mesquite Wind Power LLC · Mesquite Wind LLCPower plant (Wind)10.5 km200 MW[7]
Post Oak Wind LLC · Mesquite Wind LLCPower plant (Wind)10.7 km200 MW[7]
Hackberry Wind Farm · Hackberry Wind LLCPower plant (Wind)27.6 km162 MW[7]
Bmp Wind (Tx) · BMP Wind LLCPower plant (Wind)37.2 km340 MW[7]
Century Oak Wind Project, LLC · Century Oak Wind Project, LLCPower plant (Wind)38.7 km152 MW[7]
Roadrunner Wind Farm · Roadrunner Crossing Wind Farm, LLCPower plant (Wind)42.9 km256 MW[7]
Ranchland Wind Project II · Ranchland Wind Project II, LLCPower plant (Wind)44.6 km148 MW[7]
Anson Solar Center, LLC · Engie North AmericaPower plant (Solar)45.6 km200 MW[7]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Shackleford BESSERCOT 26INR0500 · Shackelford County BESS LLCStorageIn study · proposed 2028-09207 MW[5]
Chimney Creek SolarERCOT 28INR0151 · Chimney Creek Energy, LLCSolarIn study · proposed 2030-05204 MW[5]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    Aug 1, 2025[1]
  5. First operational
    Aug 15, 2027[1]
    Projected
  6. Expected completion
    Nov 11, 2028[1]
    Projected
Planned capacity
1.96 GW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2028-11-11); not necessarily full build-out.

Buildings (planned)
10[1]Likelyderived

Count of building outlines traced on satellite imagery.

Buildings operational
0[1]Likelyestimated
PhaseStatusAdded MWCompleted / expectedSource
Building 1under construction196 MWAug 15, 2027 (projected)[1]
Building 2under construction196 MWOct 19, 2027 (projected)[1]
Building 3under construction196 MWNov 18, 2027 (projected)[1]
Building 4under construction196 MWFeb 11, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 5under construction196 MWMar 8, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 6under construction196 MWApr 4, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 7under construction196 MWMay 12, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 8under construction196 MWOct 17, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 9under construction196 MWOct 18, 2028 (projected)[1]
Building 10under construction196 MWNov 11, 2028 (projected)[1]

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

Compute

Project
Stargate[1]Confirmed
Chip types
Rubin[1]Confirmed

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)

No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

Construction start: Aug 1, 2025[1]
First operational: Aug 15, 2027[1]
  1. Aug 1, 2025[1]

    Land clearing begins.

  2. Jan 18, 2026[1]

    The layout of Buildings 1-5 is visible. Steel framing has just started on Building 1.

  3. Apr 14, 2026[1]

    Steel framing is underway for Buildings 1-3, and roofing is underway for Building 1.

  4. Sep 4, 2026[1]

    Buildings 1-5 shells complete and fully roofed. Buildings 1-3 appear to be actively installing cooling and backup generators nearby. The pads for Buildings 6-10 to the north have also been visibly cleared, with foundations for Buildings 6 and 7 underway.

  5. Aug 15, 2027Projected196 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    Building 1 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 1 as 2027-02-15. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  6. Oct 19, 2027Projected392 MW facility power· 2 buildings operational[1]

    Building 2 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 2 as 2027-04-19. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  7. Nov 18, 2027Projected588 MW facility power· 3 buildings operational[1]

    Building 3 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 3 as 2027-05-18. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  8. Feb 11, 2028Projected784 MW facility power· 4 buildings operational[1]

    Building 4 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 4 as 2027-08-11. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  9. Mar 8, 2028Projected980 MW facility power· 5 buildings operational[1]

    Building 5 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 5 as 2027-09-08. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  10. Apr 4, 2028Projected1.18 GW facility power· 6 buildings operational[1]

    Building 6 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 6 as 2027-10-04. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  11. May 12, 2028Projected1.37 GW facility power· 7 buildings operational[1]

    Building 7 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 7 as 2027-11-12. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  12. Oct 17, 2028Projected1.57 GW facility power· 8 buildings operational[1]

    Building 8 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 8 as 2028-04-17. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  13. Oct 18, 2028Projected1.76 GW facility power· 9 buildings operational[1]

    Building 9 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 9 as 2028-04-18. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

  14. Nov 11, 2028Projected1.96 GW facility power· 10 buildings operational[1]

    Building 10 is operational (estimate). TDLR lists the construction completion date for Building 10 as 2028-05-11. We add 6 months for commissioning, installation etc. before assuming the building is fully operational.

All claims (provenance audit)

30
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameOpenAI Stargate Shackelford[1] Likely2026-09-04Shown
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2025-08-01Superseded / alternative
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2026-01-18Superseded / alternative
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2026-04-14Superseded / alternative
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2026-09-04Shown
Facility typeAI campus[1] derivedLikely2026-09-04Shown
ProjectStargate[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
Address175 Private Road 1604, Abilene, TX 79601, Shackelford County[1] Likely2026-09-04Shown
OwnerOracleOwner: Oracle[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
DeveloperVantage Data Centers[2] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
End usersOpenAIUsers: OpenAI[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
UtilityTaylor Electric Coop INC - (Tx)territory 27369: TAYLOR ELECTRIC COOP INC - (TX) (COOPERATIVE, TAYLOR ELECTRIC C[3] derivedUnverified2022Shown
InvestorsOracleInvestors: Oracle[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
InvestorsOpenAIInvestors: OpenAI[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
Planned capacity1.96 GW[1] estimatedLikely2026-09-04Shown
ISO / RTOERCOTELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC.[4] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityERCO[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Generation queued in county410 MW[5] derivedConfirmed2026-09-01Shown
State avg. industrial price7.07¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price8.47¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km1.85 GW[7] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Buildings (planned)10[1] derivedLikely2026-09-04Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2026-09-04Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2025-08-01Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2026-01-18Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-14Superseded / alternative
Chip typesRubin[1] Confirmed2026-09-04Shown
Construction startAug 1, 2025[1] derivedLikely2026-09-04Shown
First operationalAug 15, 2027[1] estimatedSpeculative2026-09-04Shown
Expected completionNov 11, 2028[1] estimatedSpeculative2026-09-04Shown