Crusoe Childress Data Center (Meta)
Childress, Childress County, TX
Source: Primary source
Crusoe Childress Data Center (Meta) is a proposed data center in Childress County, TX, operated by Crusoe.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 21, 2026
Overview
source: linkCrusoe is developing a data center at Childress, in the Texas Panhandle, as one of two sites it is building under a roughly 1.6 GW capacity agreement signed with Meta in June 2026. Crusoe builds, owns, and operates the campus; Meta is the offtaker that will run its high-density compute there. The 1.6 GW is split across this Childress site and a companion Crusoe campus in Warrenton, Missouri; the per-site capacity and timeline have not been disclosed. Crusoe's model pairs large compute halls with on-site or contracted natural gas generation, which is the angle to watch here on emissions and grid impact. Location is approximate to Childress County pending a published site footprint. Note: a separate, unrelated Childress data center operated by IREN is already tracked.
Operator chain
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: GDELT- AI data center builder Crusoe reportedly raising $3B at $30B valuation - SiliconANGLESiliconANGLE· Jul 4, 2026
- Meta signs 1.6GW capacity agreement with Crusoe - report - Data Center DynamicsData Center Dynamics· Jun 19, 2026
- Meta signs new AI computing deals with data center firm Crusoe, Bloomberg News reports - ReutersReuters· Jun 18, 2026
- Meta Strikes New AI Computing Deals With Data Center Firm Crusoe - Bloomberg.comBloomberg.com· Jun 18, 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, Childress H S in Childress, is 5.9 mi from this site (303 students).
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.