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Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock

Abernathy, Hale County, Texas · All 22 Aligned Data Centers sites

Under constructionMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated July 6, 2026

Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock is a data center under construction in Abernathy, Texas (Hale County), operated by Aligned Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced April 2026, 540 MW planned, 313 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Aligned Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Abernathy, Hale County, TX
Coordinates
33.8400, -101.8400
Power capacity
540 MW planned
Land
313 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
April 2026
Utility
Xcel Energy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. April 2026
    Under construction
    Groundbreaking April 9, 2026. LBB-01 inaugural data center targets Q1 2027 service date. Ryan Companies is general contractor. Source: Aligned Data Centers
  2. December 2025
    Proposed
    Site selection and development agreement finalized in Hale County. Source: Aligned Data Centers

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock in Abernathy, Hale County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Hale County finalized a development agreement and the April 2026 groundbreaking was billed as the largest data-center groundbreaking in West Texas; Aligned emphasized funding dedicated electrical infrastructure to protect local ratepayers.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Hale County finalized a development agreement and the April 2026 groundbreaking was billed as the largest data-center groundbreaking in West Texas; Aligned emphasized funding dedicated electrical infrastructure to protect local ratepayers. Local coverage also documents some resident concern; no formal opposition or litigation found.

Source: Aligned Data Centers

Power and water

Aligned is building and funding dedicated electrical infrastructure to protect local ratepayers. Xcel Energy is the key power partner. Regional renewable resources (solar, wind) available in Texas Panhandle.

DeltaFlow liquid cooling technology with closed-loop air-cooled heat rejection; no Ogallala Aquifer water use per developer.

Notes on the record

Six facilities totaling 1.65 million sq ft across 313 acres. Largest data center groundbreaking in West Texas at time of announcement. TeraWulf separately targeting a data center campus in Abernathy for Fluidstack. Coordinates corrected: Abernathy TX is at approximately 33.84°N, 101.84°W; original record had longitude −101.55 which is ~15 miles east of the city.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock data center in Abernathy?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock in Abernathy, Hale County, Texas appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Hale County finalized a development agreement and the April 2026 groundbreaking was billed as the largest data-center groundbreaking in West Texas; Aligned emphasized funding dedicated electrical infrastructure to protect local ratepayers.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock data center?

No lawsuit over Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock appears in the record we track as of July 6, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock, and how big is it?

Aligned Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 22 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 540 MW. The site is recorded at 313 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock," updated July 6, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-project-caprock-hale-county-tx.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aligned-project-caprock-hale-county-tx, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Aligned breaks ground on Project Caprock 540 MW campus in Hale County · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Aligned Data Centers breaks ground on Project Caprock 540 MW campus in Northwest Texas · GlobeNewswire · retrieved July 6, 2026

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