Stargate Abilene

Crusoe / Lancium (Oracle lease) · Abilene, Texas

Water — consumed, not returned

Where the water comes from

Municipal potable supply

Cooling

Closed-loop direct-to-chip liquid

Basis

Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.09 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Where it burns

ERCOT — Texas + 30% turbines on the site itself

Generation mix

Gas 40 · Wind 24 · Solar 11 · Coal 13 · Nuclear 9

Emitted at the fence line

39% of this site's criteria pollution

CO₂e

848 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

Who asked for it

OpenAI — via a 15-year Oracle lease on the Lancium Clean Campus; developed by a Crusoe / Blue Owl / Primary Digital JV

Who approved it

Taylor County + City of Abilene tax abatements (Ch. 313/380 agreements); TCEQ air permits for ~360 MW of on-site gas turbines; ERCOT large-load interconnection

What it serves

Frontier model pre-training and inference for OpenAI

IT capacity

250 MW running of 1,200 MW announced

The flagship Stargate site: eight buildings on ~1,100 acres in the Abilene wind belt. Cooling is closed-loop, so on-site water draw is small — but roughly a third of its power comes from gas turbines permitted on the property itself.

Where it is

32.3776°, -99.6672°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.