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Barber Lake data center

Cipher Digital (owner/operator); Fluidstack (tenant; Google backstops the lease, per DCD and SanAngeloLive); Anthropic (tenant, per SanAngeloLive)

Status
Under construction
Developer / parties
Cipher Digital (owner/operator); Fluidstack (tenant; Google backstops the lease, per DCD and SanAngeloLive); Anthropic (tenant, per SanAngeloLive)
Location
Colorado City (951 County Road 204), Mitchell County
Size
800,000 sq ft data center facility (TDLR); 300 MW (SanAngeloLive); 168 MW of IT capacity leased to Fluidstack (DCD, Nov 2025)
Investment
TDLR est. cost $50M (as filed); contracted lease revenue over $9B across 20 years (company)
Reported benefits
$10M toward Colorado City's water system (SanAngeloLive)
Last verified
2026-10-18

Milestones

Figures are attributed in parentheses to the outlet or company that reported them. Where sources disagree, we show both.

  1. Sep 2025 Fluidstack lease for 168 MW of IT capacity, backed by Google (DCD)
  2. Jun 23 2026 TDLR registration, start Oct 13 2025, completion Dec 8 2026, status Review Complete (TDLR detail page re-checked Oct 18 2026 after TABS maintenance: all fields confirmed; owner field lists Will Long, tenant Cipher Digital, design firm MBA Energy And Industrial)
  3. Sep 14 2026 Cipher, Fluidstack and Anthropic presented $10M to Colorado City to help rebuild its water system, which failed in July (SanAngeloLive)
  4. Sep 25 2026 lease extended to 20 years, data halls to be delivered Q4 2026–Q1 2027 (Cipher)

Linked power & water

Water

  • News report Not on the Colorado City water system; $10M for city water system: Barber Lake does not connect to the Colorado City water system; Cipher, Fluidstack and Anthropic pledged $10M to help rebuild it (SanAngeloLive). sanangelolive.com ↗

Power and water projects tied to this data center: on-site or dedicated generation, utility and grid capacity deals, substations, water supply, reclaimed water and wastewater permits. Each item is labeled by source type.

Related records

2026-06-23
Building registration (TDLR) Official record Mitchell County · Barber Lake data center

TDLR: Barber Lake, 800,000 sq ft data center at 951 CR 204, Colorado City; tenant Cipher Digital; est. $50M; owner field Will Long (verified on the TDLR page Oct 18).

Source: tdlr.texas.gov ↗

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