# Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock

> Under construction: a 540 MW data center in Hale County, Texas, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Aligned is building a 540 MW data center in Hale County, Texas (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Aligned (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 540 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 1,650,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Site area:** 313 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $5.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Apr 9, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** Apr 9, 2026 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2027 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Abernathy (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Hale (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Texas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** Xcel Energy (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock | Under construction | 540 MW |
| Server Country | Aligned Project Caprock | Under construction | 540 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 6, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction.

### Who is building Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock?

Aligned is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### When is Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in 2027. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027.
- **Apr 9, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)
- **Apr 9, 2026:** [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)
- [Reported as announced](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-breaks-ground-on-project-caprock/). Reported for 2026-04.
- [Construction start reported](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-breaks-ground-on-project-caprock/). Reported for 2026-04.
- [Reported as announced](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-breaks-ground-on-project-caprock/). Reported for 2025-12.

## Related records

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- [Aligned Coal City Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-coal-city-campus-il-dc_f0695145cb9f): Same operator
- [Aligned Data Centers - Critical Digital Infrastructure Facility](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-critical-digital-infrastructure-facility-md-dc_3d5c1d5574c1): Same operator
- [Aligned Data Centers - Elk Grove Village Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-elk-grove-village-campus-il-dc_b4ca4e6c9abb): Same operator
- [Aligned Data Centers Amber Site (Grady County)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-amber-site-grady-county-ok-dc_72541d6e90dd): Same operator
- [1102 McKinzie LLC Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1102-mckinzie-llc-data-center-tx-dc_0127bf1ca258): Same state
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- [3301 Hibbetts Road Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/3301-hibbetts-road-data-center-tx-dc_a9c987c3868f): Same state
- [AUS 01 02 03 Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aus-01-02-03-data-center-tx-dc_c2ec9cede7ed): Same state
- [AUS02 / Cedar Creek Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aus02-cedar-creek-campus-tx-dc_50d6bbdf6d66): Same state

## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-breaks-ground-on-project-caprock/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 · record aligned-project-caprock-hale-county-tx
- [Aligned Data Centers (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-breaks-ground-on-project-caprock/) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [GlobeNewswire (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/09/3271435/0/en/Aligned-Data-Centers-Breaks-Ground-on-Project-Caprock-a-Sustainable-540-MW-Next-Generation-Data-Center-Campus-in-Northwest-Texas.html) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0599
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/aligned-data-centers-project-caprock-tx) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 66415222810884

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-project-caprock-tx-dc_3c677fc36904, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.