Data Center Registry
Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center
Brady, McCulloch County, Texas · All 10 Cipher Digital sites
Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center is a proposed data center in Brady, Texas (McCulloch County), operated by Cipher Digital.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Cipher Digital
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Brady, McCulloch County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.1317, -99.3349 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
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.
- July 17, 2026ProposedStatus change recorded. Source: U.S. SEC (EDGAR)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center in Brady, McCulloch 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
Cipher's Mikeska HPC/AI data center site, in West Texas outside Brady (McCulloch County). Targeted capacity up to 500 MW; estimated energization 2027-2028. Cipher exercised its option to acquire the ground lease/purchase rights in February 2026. Part of Cipher's ~3.4 GW / 8-site HPC pipeline (Cipher Digital, formerly Cipher Mining). Coordinates approximate (Brady, TX geocode). 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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- 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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center in Brady?
Nothing on record as of July 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center in Brady, McCulloch 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 Mikeska HPC Data Center?
No lawsuit over Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center appears in the record we track as of July 17, 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 Mikeska HPC Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center 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 Mikeska HPC Data Center, and how big is it?
Cipher Digital is the operator on record. We hold 10 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cipher Mikeska HPC Data Center," updated July 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cipher-mikeska-mcculloch-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/cipher-mikeska-mcculloch-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.Cipher Digital (Cipher Mining) FY2025 Form 10-K, Mikeska Site, West Texas, targeted capacity up to 500 MW, energize 2028; option to purchase exercised Feb 2026 · U.S. SEC (EDGAR) · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Baxtel, Cipher Mikeska data center (500 MW, outside Brady, Texas) · Baxtel · retrieved July 17, 2026
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