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Childress, TX

Childress, Texas is a city in the Texas Panhandle that has been identified as a potential location for data center development due to its access to power infrastructure and proximity to major fiber optic routes.

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September 23, 2026

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Vistra's 5% Stake and 207 MW Firm PPA Open New Era's 1.4 GW Midland Path

July 23, 2026

Georgia Lands OpenAI's $30B Bet While Texas Owns the Queue Fix

Crusoe and Lancium broke ground on a 1 GW grid-connected campus in Childress (construction starting Q3 2026, backed by behind-the-meter solar and storage).

June 19, 2026

Site Control Now Beats a Press Release in ERCOT's Queue

Meta signed a reported 1.6 GW capacity agreement with Crusoe across Childress, Texas (tied to Lancium's ERCOT-approved 1 GW interconnect) and Warrenton, Missouri.

May 29, 2026

Denmark Rations the Queue. Texas Developers With Land, Water, and Power Move First.

Iren signed $1.6B with Dell for air-cooled Blackwell systems staging at Childress, feeding a $3.4B five-year Nvidia contract and a 5 GW global pipeline.

March 7, 2026

Stargate Stalls at 1.2 GW While Iren Quietly Builds 2.75

Iren's Texas footprint alone is massive: a completed 750 MW facility in Childress plus a 2 GW project under construction in Sweetwater, totaling 2.75 GW across two West Texas sites.

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