Cipher Barber Lake
Colorado City, Mitchell County County, TX
Source: Primary source
Cipher Barber Lake is a under construction data center in Mitchell County County, TX, operated by Cipher Mining. DataCentersExposed has documented 300 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkPurpose-built 300MW HPC fully leased (Fluidstack/$2B + AWS 300MW/$5.5B).
Operator chain
- Files asCipher Mining
- This facilityCipher Barber Lake
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Compass Point: Bitcoin Miners Pivoting To AI Are 'Undervalued' As Data Center LandlordsBitcoin World· Jul 9, 2026
- Crossville bitcoin mining center draws noise complaints, city eyes moratorium on future data centersWVLT· Jul 8, 2026
- New Texas power grid allocation framework could lift bitcoin miners turned data center operatorsThe Block· Jun 18, 2026
- Cipher Digital SEC filing reveals AWS as tenant at Stingray siteBlockspace Media· Jun 8, 2026
- Cipher Digital Seeks $810M Debt Raise to Fund Stingray Data CenterTheEnergyMag· Jun 8, 2026
- CIFR Barber Lake Site: Cipher’s Flagship AI Data Center BetNorthwise Project· May 25, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Wallace Accelerated H S in Colorado City, is 0.3 mi from this site (14 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.