Being built
Crusoe Goodnight data center campus for Google (near Claude)
Also called: Goodnight Campus, Project Llano, Google Armstrong County data center, Ensign Infrastructure
Crusoe is building a large AI data center campus for Google near Claude in Armstrong County. It runs on wind power from farms next door plus its own gas turbines. Thousands of workers are on site, and the first phase should be done in 2027.
Where things stand: Building since mid-2025, with more than 5,500 workers on site each day. First phase due in 2027.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 28, 2026): Crusoe confirmed it is building the campus for Google.
What we know
- 📍 Where10001 Lima Road near Claude, outside Amarillo, next to the Goodnight wind farms, Unincorporated Armstrong County, Armstrong County
- 🏢 CompanyCrusoe
- 👤 Built forGoogle
- ⚡ Power it needs1,000 megawatts (about as much as 800,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromWind from the Goodnight 1 wind farm next door (and Goodnight 2 being built), plus about 933 megawatts of gas turbines on site, batteries, and backup diesel generators.
- ❄️ CoolingClosed-loop liquid cooling that does not evaporate water; Crusoe says water use is limited to things like kitchens
- 🛢️ Diesel generators173
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- What tax break did Armstrong County give, and for how long? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much air pollution will the gas turbines and diesel generators release? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many permanent jobs will the campus have? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Aug 2024Tax break (abatement) papers for the project were filed.
- June 2025Construction began.
- Nov 14, 2025Google announced a $40 billion Texas plan that includes a data center in Armstrong County.
- Jan 2026A state air permit was requested from TCEQ for the on-site gas turbines.
- Sept 28, 2026Crusoe confirmed it is building the campus for Google.
🛰️ See it from above
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We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Crusoe developing data center campus in Armstrong County, Texas · Crusoe · Sept 28, 2026
- Google announces $40B plans for Texas AI data centers · Texas Tribune · Nov 14, 2025
- How a Crusoe-Google campus became Texas' co-location test case · Latitude Media · April 2026
- Crusoe Goodnight (behind-the-meter data centers report) · Cleanview · 2026
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