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DataCentersExposed
County data-center profile

Shackelford County, Texas

DataCentersExposed tracks 2 AI data centers in Shackelford County, Texas — 0 operating and 2 in the pipeline, drawing 2.8 GW of reported power demand.

Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard

Facilities
2
Operating
0
Pipeline
2

Reporting by · Updated May 29, 2026

Overview

What's happening in Shackelford County

Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 2.8 GW 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.

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.

2 facilities

Every tracked facility

FacilityOperatorStatusMW
Frontier (Stargate Shackelford County)
Albany
Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLCUnder construction1,400
Frontier Vantage Data Center
Abilene
Under construction1,400
Accountability

County commissioners

How the Shackelford 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.

Methodology & sources

The risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%). Water and land are not yet measured for our facilities, so those arcs render as "not yet measured" and the weights are renormalized over the factors we can source today — when the data lands, the score updates.

Every row carries a confidence level (high / medium / low) and a source URL. Spot an error? Tell us.