No project in Abilene City, but 3 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Abilene City votes on zoning. The Jones County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Stargate AI data center campus (Lancium Clean Campus, Abilene)
Abilene, Taylor County
800 acres · for Oracle for OpenAI
🕒 May 2026: Buildings 3 and 4 began operating.
Being builtabout 7 miles awayCrusoe 900 MW AI campus for Microsoft (Abilene)
Abilene, Taylor County
for Microsoft
🕒 March 27, 2026: Crusoe announced a 900-megawatt expansion in Abilene for Microsoft, with its own on-site…
Being builtabout 9 miles awayVantage 'Frontier' AI data center campus (Shackelford County)
Unincorporated Shackelford County, Shackelford County
1,200 acres · for Oracle / OpenAI (reported)
🕒 Aug 2025: Vantage announced the $25 billion Frontier campus; construction had already begun.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Abilene City. - Go to council 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 Abilene City: AEP Texas North Company (company) or Taylor Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Big Country 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.