2 data center projects in Unincorporated Childress County
Who decides here: the Childress County Commissioners Court decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits. Texas counties have very few zoning powers, so land outside cities often has few local rules.
In Unincorporated Childress County
IREN 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
ProposedCrusoe 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
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Childress County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Childress County: 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)) or Southwestern Electric Power Co. (company).
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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much water do the new AI halls use?
- Did Childress County give a tax break?
- Is the site inside Childress city limits?
- Has construction started?
- Who is the tech company that will use it?
- Did Childress County give a tax break?
- Will new power lines be needed?