Softbank · Burlington, Texas

OpenAI Stargate Milam

1.2GW projected

The power of 970,000 US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 1.2 GW by Dec 2028.

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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 27 Sep 2025 — Land clearing begins for the site
  2. 4 Jan 2026 — Small sections of building foundation construction begins, and land clearing appears to be mostly finished
  3. 23 Mar 2026 — Steel framing and roofing is underway for Building 1.
  4. 31 Dec 2028 · projected 1.2 GW All buildings finished, site is fully operational. Our reasoning is that examples so far take a median of 2-2.5 years to go from land clearing to 1 GW. This suggests around 2028-01-01 here. However, due to delays being more likely than speedups and the fact that this base rate data is still unproven, the more conservative estimate is made. The current state of the site also supports this estimation.

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

Gas leads on both grids that serve Milam County

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. MISO · balancing authority

  1. Gas 37%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 14%
  4. Wind 15%
  5. Solar 6%
  6. Hydro 1%
  7. Other 1%

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

  1. Gas 40%
  2. Coal 12%
  3. Nuclear 8%
  4. Wind 24%
  5. Solar 16%
  6. Hydro <1%
  7. Other <1%

The utilities that serve Milam County, TX, report to 2 grids; the data does not show which one feeds the site. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 1.4 GW of new power in Milam County, mostly solar

power plants in Milam County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Sypert Branch Solar Solar · 294 MW · Dec 2026 · being built · Sypert Branch Solar LLC
  2. Cattlemen Solar Park Solar · 240 MW · Oct 2026 · being built · Cattlemen Solar Park LLC
  3. Adelite Storage Project LLC Storage · 230 MW · Mar 2028 · proposed · Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC
  4. Hoyte Solar Solar · 207 MW · Jul 2027 · being built · Milano Solar LLC
  5. Cattlemen Solar II Solar · 200 MW · Oct 2026 · being built · Cattlemen Solar Park II LLC

In service in Milam County today: 1.2 GW. Since January 2023: 1.2 GW added, 0 MW retired. 2 more planned plants are listed on the county’s row. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Data Center Dynamics article on the site
  2. SB Energy article, source for 1.2 GW capacity
  3. TDLR page for the first building of the site, indicating construction completion date

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 Burlington. 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.