Data Center Registry
Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility
Culberson County, Texas · All 3 American Bitcoin sites
Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility is an operating crypto mining site in Texas (Culberson County), operated by American Bitcoin (Hut 8). The public record puts it at 63 MW operating, 1.9 acres.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- American Bitcoin (Hut 8)
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Culberson County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.8250, -103.9090 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 63 MW operating
- Land
- 1.9 acres
- 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
- 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.
- April 16, 2024OperatingEnergized in phases beginning April 16, 2024 (78 days from groundbreaking to first energization); still operating and staffing as of 2025 operational updates. Source: GlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 3, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility in Culberson 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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Power and water
Hut 8's first fully greenfield-developed mining site; built to 63 MW; ~3.6 EH/s self-mining capacity potential per Hut 8's FY2023 10-KT. Uses Hut 8's proprietary 'Reactor' energy-curtailment/optimization software.
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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility in Culberson County, Texas?
Nothing on record as of August 3, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility in Culberson 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 Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility?
No lawsuit over Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility appears in the record we track as of August 3, 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 Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility 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 Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility, and how big is it?
American Bitcoin (Hut 8) is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 63 MW. The site is recorded at 1.9 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Hut 8 Salt Creek Facility," updated August 3, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hut8-salt-creek-culberson-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/hut8-salt-creek-culberson-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.Hut 8 optimizes self-mining operations as miners come online at Salt Creek · GlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp) · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 2.Hut 8 and Eric Trump Launch American Bitcoin to Set a New Standard in Bitcoin Mining · GlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp) · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 3.Hut 8 Corp Form 10-KT (filed 2024-03-28), Item 2 Properties · SEC EDGAR (kscope.io mirror) · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 4.Hut 8: Culberson County, TX Data Center · Baxtel (data center directory) · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 5.Orla, Texas: A Historical Overview of the Rural Oil Supply Center · Texas State Historical Association · retrieved August 3, 2026
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