July 23, 2026
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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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June 19, 2026
Site Control Now Beats a Press Release in ERCOT's QueueMeta 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 2.75Iren'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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