Google · Red Oak, Texas

Google Red Oak

93MW

The power of 75,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Aug 2025. Projected to reach 185 MW by Dec 2026.

H100-equivalents: 108K
Capital cost: $2.9B
Chips: TPU v6e

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Jesse Hawkins, “Google Red Oak · The AI buildout”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 22 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-red-oak/. Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0.

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@misc{hawkins2026buildoutgoogleredoak,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Google Red Oak · The AI buildout}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/google-red-oak/}},
  note = {Data: Epoch AI, ``AI data centers'', CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-22}
}

The data · Epoch AI

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers'. Published online at epoch.ai. Retrieved from 'https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers' [online resource]. CC BY 4.0.

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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones

Every milestone

30 Apr 2023 — First signs of development/land clearing
25 Aug 2025 93 MW Building 1 is operational, based on a Google Earth image showing a completed building shell and equipment, and the large construction car park being emptied. Building 2 shell looks mostly completed.
6 Feb 2026 93 MW Building 1 appears active - the surrounding land is finished including the site entrance and the parking lot. The dry coolers for Building 2 are nearly complete although the building is still clearly a construction zone. The Building 2 substation also appears complete.
1 Dec 2026 · projected 185 MW Building 2 is estimated to be operational.

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Gas made 40% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. ERCO · balancing authority

Gas 40%
Coal 12%
Nuclear 8%
Wind 24%
Solar 16%
Hydro <1%
Other <1%

The grid of the utilities that serve Ellis County, TX. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 574 MW of new power in Ellis County, mostly solar

power plants in Ellis County · EIA-860M, September 2026

Oak Valley Solar Solar · 251 MW · Sep 2029 · proposed · Oak Valley Solar LLC
Oystercatcher Solar Solar · 197 MW · Mar 2027 · being built · Cardinal Investment Company, Inc.
Dolomite Storage Storage · 126 MW · Jul 2028 · proposed · Belltown Power Texas 2, LLC

In service in Ellis County today: 2.5 GW. Since January 2023: 230 MW added, 0 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Red Oak. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.