Childress County, Texas
DataCentersExposed tracks 4 AI data centers in Childress County, Texas — 1 operating and 3 in the pipeline, drawing 850 MW of reported power demand, led by Crusoe.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
What's happening in Childress County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 850 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Crusoe has the largest presence in Childress County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crusoe Childress Data Center (Meta) Childress | Crusoe | Proposed | — |
| Lancium Childress Childress | — | Proposed | — |
| Project Fei (Soluna) near Childress | — | Under construction | 100 |
| Childress Data Center Childress | IREN Limited | 750 |
County commissioners
How the Childress County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.