Crusoe Abilene expansion (Microsoft)
AI data center in Abilene, Texas, operated by Crusoe.
A 900 MW Crusoe campus next to Stargate Abilene, announced in March 2026 for Microsoft workloads after Oracle and OpenAI dropped their expansion. Two data halls with an on-site power plant.
- Live power
- —
- Planned power
- 900MW 1
- Status
- Under construction
- Accelerators
- —
Power: what each source says
900 MW announced 2026-03 (Crusoe); each building up to 336 MW IT (Data Center Knowledge). Brings the combined Abilene site to ~2.1 GW planned. Reported timelines differ: capacity 'progressively available by mid-2027' vs. power plant online early 2027. Epoch AI projects building 1 operational ~2027-09 from a Texas TDLR filing (estimate).
Figures labelled Epoch AI are estimates from satellite imagery, permits and filings. Company figures come from the operator, owner or its filings. IT power is what the servers draw; in Epoch AI’s figures for these campuses it runs about 15–35% below total facility power.
Tenants
Microsoft
Campus facts
- Operator
- Crusoe 1
- Owner / developer
- Crusoe 1
- City
- Abilene 1
- State / region
- Texas 1
- Country
- United States 1
- First power
- 2027 1
- Chips
- Not published
- GPUs / accelerators
- Not published
- Cooling
- liquid 1
- Power source
- on-site (behind-the-meter) power plant 1
- Coordinates
- 32.45° N, 99.73° W (town level)
- Verified
Sources
- The Register: Microsoft takes up residence next to OpenAI, Oracle at Crusoe's 900 MW Texas datacenter expansion accessed 2026-11-09
- Data Center Knowledge: Crusoe expands Abilene AI campus with new 900 MW AI factory for Microsoft accessed 2026-11-09
- Texas TDLR project filing TABS2026008308 accessed 2026-11-09
- Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset (CC-BY 4.0, updated 2026-11-06) (licence: CC BY 4.0) accessed 2026-11-09