Data center project · Milam County, Texas
Stargate Milam County (SB Energy)
Under construction · A 1.2 GW Stargate campus that SoftBank's SB Energy is building and will operate for OpenAI.
- Status
- Under construction · as of April 2026
- Approved by
- Not named in the records found
No public approval found
No Milam County abatement or permit for this project was found; the February 2026 Milam County abatement covered Riot's Rockdale site. (SB Energy (company announcement), Jan. 12, 2026) - Location
- Milam County, about 70 miles northeast of Austin · Milam County
- Status note
- Steel framing and roofing on the first building, per Epoch AI.
- Power
- 1,200 MW
- Investment
- SoftBank and OpenAI each put $500 million into SB Energy
- Developer and team
- SB Energy (SoftBank)
- End user
- OpenAI (Stargate)
- Utility
- Mostly new generation and storage that SB Energy plans to fund and build
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- April 17, 2026 Epoch AI reported construction under way since the third quarter of 2025, with completion projected for late 2028. (Epoch AI, April 17, 2026)
- Jan. 12, 2026 SB Energy said it will build and operate the 1.2 GW Milam County Stargate site; SoftBank and OpenAI each invested $500 million in the company. (SB Energy (company announcement), Jan. 12, 2026; Data Center Dynamics, Jan. 12, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Exact site location was not given in sources reviewed; coordinates are the county center.
- No Milam County abatement for this project was found; the February 2026 Milam abatement covered Riot Platforms' Rockdale site.
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