Renewable Energy-Powered Data Center Campus is Abilene’s Largest

Taylor County and Abilene approved a project with Lancium, a Houston-based energy technology and infrastructure company, to build a large-scale renewable energy powered data center campus in Abilene and Taylor County. The project is pending final negotiations with Taylor County, the city and the Development Corporation of Abilene.

This is the largest project in Abilene and Taylor County history. The project will begin at 200 megawatts with an expansion capacity to more than a 1 gigawatt.

“We are very proud to be part of the community and build one of our flagship Clean Campuses in Abilene,” said Michael McNamara, co-founder and CEO of Lancium. “We chose Abilene for our second Clean Campus because of its ideal location, proximity to abundant wind and solar generation, high-quality workforce and the opportunities to grow in the future.”

Lancium and its customers plan to invest $2.4 billion in 20 years, create 57 full-time jobs and build its Clean Compute Campus on approximately 800 acres, pending annexation into the city limits. This new development is expected to solidify the region as a major provider of renewable energy, while simultaneously hosting Bitcoin mining and other energy-intensive applications. Breaking ground in the first quarter of 2022, the Clean Compute Campus will initially contain approximately 100,000 square feet of industrial electric services equipment and data servers.