Open AI/ SoftBank Stargate Data Center (Lancium Clean Campus)
Abilene, Taylor County, TX
Source: Primary source
Open AI/ SoftBank Stargate Data Center (Lancium Clean Campus) is an operating data center in Taylor County, TX, operated by Microsoft Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented 1,200 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkexpansion plans cancelled March 2026 Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMicrosoft Corporation
- Files asMicrosoft Corporation
- This facilityOpen AI/ SoftBank Stargate Data Center (Lancium Clean Campus)
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- Lancium CEO says Abilene AI data center is fully financed, with Oracle and MicrosoftKTXS· Apr 9, 2026
- Microsoft takes over Texas AI data center expansion as OpenAI backs awayThe North State Journal· Apr 4, 2026
- News | Microsoft joins tech giant rivals betting on West Texas for AI data center campusesCoStar· Apr 1, 2026
- Microsoft Leases Texas Data Center Abandoned by Oracle, OpenAIWinBuzzer· Mar 31, 2026
- Inside Microsoft and Crusoe's 900MW AI Factory Campus PlansData Centre Magazine· Mar 30, 2026
- Microsoft to add 900 MW to AI campus in Abilene, TexasW.Media· Mar 30, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Microsoft Corporation (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2015 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center ExemptionTax break$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
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, Long Early Learning Center in Abilene, is 2.2 mi from this site (809 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.