Data Center Projects in Mitchell County, Texas

Last verified: October 27, 2026 · 1 tracked project · 1 tracked record

Overview

Texas Data Center Watch tracks one data center project in Mitchell County. This page was added on Oct. 19, 2026, after the tracker's Oct. 18–19 updates.

Barber Lake data center, Colorado City (951 County Road 204): listed as under construction. Developer, per the tracker: Cipher Digital (owner/operator); Fluidstack (tenant; Google backstops the lease, per DCD and SanAngeloLive); Anthropic (tenant, per SanAngeloLive) (investors.cipherdigital.com · sanangelolive.com · DCD · TDLR TABS).

Tracked projects

Project	Developer	Status	Capacity / size	Investment	Key dates	Sources
Barber Lake data center, Colorado City (951 County Road 204)	Cipher Digital (owner/operator); Fluidstack (tenant; Google backstops the lease, per DCD and SanAngeloLive); Anthropic (tenant, per SanAngeloLive)	Under construction	800,000 sq ft data center facility (TDLR); 300 MW (SanAngeloLive); 168 MW of IT capacity leased to Fluidstack (DCD, Nov 2025)	TDLR est. cost $50M (as filed); contracted lease revenue over $9B across 20 years (company)	Sep 2025 Fluidstack lease for 168 MW of IT capacity, backed by Google (DCD) · 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) · Sep 14 2026 Cipher, Fluidstack and Anthropic presented $10M to Colorado City to help rebuild its water system, which failed in July (SanAngeloLive) · Sep 25 2026 lease extended to 20 years, data halls to be delivered Q4 2026–Q1 2027 (Cipher)	investors.cipherdigital.com · sanangelolive.com · DCD · TDLR TABS

Recorded benefits and concerns (Barber Lake data center):

Benefits: $10M toward Colorado City's water system (SanAngeloLive)

Sources for each project are linked in the table. Figures labeled "company" come from the developer.

Record timeline

Date	Type	What happened	Source
Jun 23, 2026	Building registration (TDLR)	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).	TDLR TABS

What's next

These dates come from the tracker. Texas Data Center Watch has no recorded upcoming Mitchell County hearings or votes on data centers.

Statewide permit pause: Under the Governor's Sept. 21 order halting permits sought by data centers (Governor's office), TCEQ sent its Oct. 19 compliance letter: it says permits for infrastructure directly supporting data centers are paused, pending applications are being screened, and claimed authorizations are suspended where possible (TCEQ letter). The Texas Tribune reported Oct. 20 that TCEQ says stormwater permits flagged by Public Citizen were suspended (Texas Tribune). On Oct. 21 TCEQ posted that its STEERS e-filing system for automatic authorizations is temporarily shut down so staff can check whether applications relate to data centers (TCEQ STEERS notice); the Texas Tribune reports a spokesman said applications must be physically provided (Texas Tribune, Oct. 21). The tracker doesn't show whether any project in Mitchell County has a pending TCEQ permit.

Frequently asked questions

What data center projects are tracked in Mitchell County, Texas? One: Barber Lake data center in Colorado City (951 County Road 204), listed as under construction.

Where does this information come from? Every fact on this page comes from the sources linked in the project table and record timeline, such as state building registrations (TDLR TABS), local government agendas and minutes, company statements and news reports. Company claims and news reports are labeled as such.

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