# Stargate Milam County Campus > Under construction: a 1200 MW data center in Milam County, Texas, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-milam-county-campus-tx-dc_018c826e9750 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-milam-county-campus-tx-dc_018c826e9750.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records OpenAI is building a 1200 MW data center in Milam County, Texas (under construction). One source reports 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), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** OpenAI (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 1200 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Site area:** 595 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $470.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Sep 23, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **County:** Milam (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **State:** Texas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 6, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** ERCOT (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Solar (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:** Confirmed 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 | Stargate Milam County Campus | Under construction | 1200 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Stargate Milam County Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 6, 2026) reports it as under construction. ### Who is building Stargate Milam County Campus? OpenAI is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Stargate Milam County Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Stargate Milam County Campus get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **Sep 23, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://epoch.ai/publications/openai-stargate-where-the-us-sites-stand) - [Construction start reported](https://epoch.ai/publications/openai-stargate-where-the-us-sites-stand). Reported for 2025. ## Related records - [OpenAI Stargate - Saline Township Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/openai-stargate-saline-township-campus-mi-dc_aeffd7c853e1): Same operator - [Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga-dc_8c6de6a79038): Same operator - [Stargate Lordstown Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-lordstown-campus-oh-dc_054a295b8ab9): Same operator - [Stargate Project Jupiter](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-project-jupiter-nm-dc_fdacd55a5c41): Same operator - [Stargate The Barn Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/stargate-the-barn-campus-mi-dc_42ec31d60a7e): Same operator - [1102 McKinzie LLC Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1102-mckinzie-llc-data-center-tx-dc_0127bf1ca258): Same state - [1242 McKinzie LLC Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1242-mckinzie-llc-data-center-tx-dc_aede5bcddc97): Same state - [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). 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://epoch.ai/publications/openai-stargate-where-the-us-sites-stand) · as of Jul 6, 2026 · record stargate-milam-county-tx - [Epoch AI (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://epoch.ai/publications/openai-stargate-where-the-us-sites-stand) · as of Jul 5, 2026 - [OpenAI (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/) · as of Jul 5, 2026 - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/softbanks-sb-energy-to-build-and-operate-openais-12gw-stargate-data-center-in-milam-county-texas/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/openai-stargates-milam-texas-freebird-data-center-to-span-548950-sq-ft-in-first-phase/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [The Real Deal (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://therealdeal.com/texas/austin/2025/06/10/softbank-groups-sb-energy-plans-3-billion-texas-data-center/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/stargate-milam-county-campus-tx) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 1702995334992 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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