Oracle · Abilene, Texas

OpenAI Stargate Shackelford

2.0GW projected

The power of 1.6 million US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 2.0 GW by Nov 2028.

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Power over time

facility power · 14 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Aug 2025 — Land clearing begins.
  2. 18 Jan 2026 — The layout of Buildings 1-5 is visible. Steel framing has just started on Building 1.
  3. 14 Apr 2026 — Steel framing is underway for Buildings 1-3, and roofing is underway for Building 1.
  4. 4 Sep 2026 — 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. 15 Aug 2027 · projected 196 MW 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. 19 Oct 2027 · projected 392 MW 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. 18 Nov 2027 · projected 588 MW 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. 11 Feb 2028 · projected 784 MW 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. 8 Mar 2028 · projected 980 MW 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. 4 Apr 2028 · projected 1.2 GW 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. 12 May 2028 · projected 1.4 GW 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. 17 Oct 2028 · projected 1.6 GW 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. 18 Oct 2028 · projected 1.8 GW 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. 11 Nov 2028 · projected 2.0 GW 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.

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

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

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

Owners plan 299 MW of new power in Taylor County, all storage

power plants in Taylor County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Chimney Rock BESS Storage · 156 MW · Apr 2028 · proposed · RIC Development, LLC
  2. Summerhill BESS Storage · 143 MW · Dec 2028 · proposed · RIC Development, LLC

In service in Taylor County today: 991 MW. Since January 2023: 20 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
  1. Vantage data center page with power capacity, number of buildings, and first building timeline
  2. OpenAI Stargate expansion announcement mentioning Shackelford site
  3. Vantage LinkedIn post connecting the data center to OpenAI Stargate
  4. TDLR filing for first building (other buildings are also on TDLR)

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 Abilene. 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.