No project in Childress City, but 2 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Childress City votes on zoning. The Childress County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Crusoe and Lancium 1-gigawatt AI campus (Childress)
Unincorporated Childress County, Childress County
270 acres · for An unnamed large tech company ('hyperscaler')
🕒 July 15, 2026: Crusoe and Lancium announced a 1-gigawatt AI data center campus on 270 acres in Childres…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Built & runningabout 7 miles awayIREN Childress campus (bitcoin mine becoming AI data center for Microsoft)
Unincorporated Childress County, Childress County
for Microsoft (AI cloud contract worth $9.7 billion over five years)
🕒 Aug 13, 2026: IREN said its first 50-megawatt liquid-cooled AI hall at Childress (Horizon 1) was deliv…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Childress City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
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⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Childress City: AEP Texas North Company (company) or South Plains Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Lighthouse Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Greenbelt Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
In much of Texas you can pick who sells you power, but this company owns the power lines.
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Texas.