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IREN Horizon, Childress, TX

Childress, Childress County, Texas · All 4 IREN sites

Under constructionSupportedAI confirmedRecord updated October 28, 2026

IREN Horizon, Childress, TX is a data center under construction in Childress, Texas (Childress County), operated by IREN (Iris Energy). The public record puts it at announced 2025, 50 MW operating, 576 acres. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: IREN (Iris Energy)
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: Childress, Childress County, TX
Coordinates: 34.4276, -100.2046 (approximate)
Power capacity: 50 MW operating
Land: 576 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: 2025
Utility: ERCOT
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Iris Energy Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (Chapter 312 Texas Tax Code property-tax abatement), Childress County, TX, 2021
Community reception: Supported
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.

2025
Under construction
Horizon 1 (75 MW gross / 50 MW IT) announced March 11, 2025; construction underway at existing Childress campus Source: Data Center Dynamics
2025
Under construction
IREN signs $9.7B five-year Microsoft GPU cloud contract November 2025; Horizons 1 to 4 at Childress targeted for end-2026 full deployment Source: GlobeNewsWire
2025
Operating
Horizon 1 (50 MW IT / 75 MW gross) energized Q4 2025, IREN's first purpose-built AI data center; Horizons 2 to 4 remain under construction Source: Baxtel

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for IREN Horizon, Childress, TX in Childress, Childress County, Texas, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of October 28, 2026. Local leadership and community described as strongly supportive.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Local leadership and community described as strongly supportive. IREN COO stated community partnership was essential to construction progress. Community Grants Program distributes $250,000 annually to Childress area. IREN committed to local hiring and contracting with local businesses where possible.

Source: NewsChannel 10 (Amarillo)

Power and water

Direct 345 kV grid connection via on-site substations owned by IREN. IREN states it utilizes abundant low-cost renewable energy available on ERCOT and actively curtails consumption during high-demand periods. No on-site gas generation confirmed for this site.

Direct-to-chip closed-loop liquid cooling. IREN states the system does not consume water on an ongoing basis; annual top-ups require roughly as much water as a few houses. Water is trucked in externally, deliberately not drawn from Childress municipal supply. System described as analogous to a vehicle radiator.

Public money on the record

Program	Amount	Granted by	Year
Iris Energy Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (Chapter 312 Texas Tax Code property-tax abatement)	Not established	Childress County, TX	2021

Notes on the record

SEPARATE SITE from IREN Sweetwater (Nolan/Fisher County, do not conflate). IREN's Childress page lists 750 MW as the campus's total power capacity, which is not IT capacity (a Baxtel profile says Childress "reached 750 MW operational"; that figure is not adopted here); the AI/Microsoft Horizon 1 to 4 build-out comprises four 50 MW IT (75 MW gross) liquid-cooled data halls = 200 MW IT total, targeting end-2026 delivery. NewsChannel 10 (May 2026) also reports that IREN will add 100 megawatts of new liquid-cooled data centers and retrofit another 250 megawatts of existing capacity. Horizon 1 (50 MW IT / 75 MW gross) energized Q4 2025, operational, and IREN announced on August 13, 2026 that Microsoft had accepted it (per the Northwise Project); Horizons 2 to 4 remain under construction as of mid-2026. Coordinates approximate (county seat area). Site is a 576-acre freehold parcel with on-site 345 kV substations connecting directly to ERCOT. Investment for Horizon 1 to 4 reported as $300 to 350M (range; not a firm figure, not recorded as the investment figure). Microsoft contract ($9.7B total, 5-year through ~2031) covers NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU cloud services; 20% upfront prepayment funded capex. Dell Technologies hardware supply agreement: $5.8B. IREN also holds a separate NVIDIA cloud services contract at Childress. Rack density 130 to 200 kW per rack; projected PUE 1.05 to 1.10. IREN Community Grants Program distributes $250,000 annually to the Childress area.

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.

Permanent jobs promised

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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.

Soluna Project Fei · Childress · Soluna Holdingsunder 1 mile · Proposed · 100 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the IREN Horizon, Childress, TX data center in Childress?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the IREN Horizon, Childress, TX data center?

No lawsuit over IREN Horizon, Childress, TX appears in the record we track as of October 28, 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 IREN Horizon, Childress, TX use?

No water withdrawal figure for IREN Horizon, Childress, TX 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 IREN Horizon, Childress, TX, and how big is it?

IREN (Iris Energy) is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 50 MW. The site is recorded at 576 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "IREN Horizon, Childress, TX," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/iren-horizon-childress-tx.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/iren-horizon-childress-tx, retrieved October 29, 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.IREN plans 75MW liquid-cooled AI data center in Texas · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
2.Childress Data Center, 750MW AI-Optimised Facility · IREN (official) · retrieved July 7, 2026
3.IREN Secures $9.7bn AI Cloud Contract with Microsoft · GlobeNewsWire · retrieved July 7, 2026
4.IREN: Horizon 1 Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved July 7, 2026
5.IREN continues developing data center campus in Childress · NewsChannel 10 (Amarillo) · retrieved July 7, 2026
6.Microsoft signs $9.7bn cloud capacity deal with IREN · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
7.Northwise Project, IREN Stock Childress: Inside the 750MW Texas AI Factory · retrieved July 25, 2026

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