Data Center Registry
Cipher Barber Lake Campus
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas · All 10 Cipher Digital sites
Cipher Barber Lake Campus is a data center under construction in Colorado City, Texas (Mitchell County), operated by Cipher Digital. The public record puts it at 300 MW planned, 587 acres, a reported $1.7 billion investment.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Cipher Digital
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Colorado City, Mitchell County, TX
- Coordinates
- 32.3954, -100.8687
- Power capacity
- 300 MW planned
- Land
- 587 acres
- Investment
- $1.7 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- No reception on record
- 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.
- 2026Under constructionCipher Mining acquired the 587-acre Barber Lake site near Colorado City for HPC/AI; Phase I targeted Sept 2026 (Fluidstack/Google lease) Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cipher Barber Lake Campus in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
587-acre Barber Lake site near Colorado City, Mitchell County; ~300 MW HPC/AI under a Fluidstack/Google lease; Phase I targeted Sept 2026. Coordinates are the Colorado City area centroid. Cipher Mining was renamed Cipher Digital.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- 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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
- Energy Vault Snyder AI Campus · Snyder · Energy Vault, Inc.22 mi · Under construction · 500 MW
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- Crusoe Nolan County Data Center · Sweetwater · Crusoe Energy Systems27 mi · Proposed · 200 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Cipher Barber Lake Campus in Colorado City?
Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cipher Barber Lake Campus in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Cipher Barber Lake Campus?
No lawsuit over Cipher Barber Lake Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Cipher Barber Lake Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Cipher Barber Lake Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Cipher Barber Lake Campus, and how big is it?
Cipher Digital is the operator on record. We hold 10 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 300 MW. The site is recorded at 587 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cipher Barber Lake Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cipher-barber-lake-colorado-city-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/cipher-barber-lake-colorado-city-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.Cipher Mining acquires more than 500 acres across two sites in Texas for crypto and HPC use · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Cipher Mining Inc., Proposed $1.4B Senior Secured Notes Offering press release (SEC 8-K exhibit, via Quiver Quantitative reproduction) · retrieved July 25, 2026
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