Undisclosed · San Antonio, Texas

Vantage TX1

45MW

The power of 36,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Feb 2026. Projected to reach 179 MW by Aug 2027.

H100-equivalents: 39K
Capital cost: $1.2B
Chips: B200

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Jesse Hawkins, “Vantage TX1 · The AI buildout”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 22 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/vantage-tx1/. Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0.

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@misc{hawkins2026buildoutvantagetx1,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Vantage TX1 · The AI buildout}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/buildout/vantage-tx1/}},
  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 · 3 milestones

Every milestone

15 Dec 2023 — Land clearing begins for both Building 1 & Building 2
15 Feb 2026 45 MW Building 1 operational; Roads around Building 1 complete, all cooling and side generator equipment construction has since finished as well. Although this is still earlier than the completion date reported on TDLR, based on the appearance, we believe it is operational. Reported IT power of 32 MW. Source
31 Aug 2027 · projected 179 MW Estimated construction completion date of Building 2. Construction Project Filing

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 Bexar County, TX. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 750 MW of new power in Bexar County, mostly storage

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

Alamo City ESS Storage · 200 MW · Jul 2027 · proposed · Alamo City ESS LLC
Rush ESS Storage · 200 MW · Dec 2031 · proposed · Rush ESS LLC
Padua 3 Storage · 200 MW · Oct 2026 · being built · Padua 3
El Patrimonio Solar · 150 MW · Sep 2027 · proposed · Heritage Solar LLC

In service in Bexar County today: 5.0 GW. Since January 2023: 511 MW added, 942 MW retired. Owners plan to retire 1.5 GW more. 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 San Antonio. 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.