Microsoft's Texas Compute

Pecos · Abilene · San Antonio and Castroville · MAI and Azure

Microsoft's Texas footprint is four distinct things, and only one of them is new construction on owned land.

  • On-site gas
  • Co-located renewables
  • Nuclear
  • Grid
Map of Microsoft data center sites in Texas, with other companies dimmed OpenAI: Stargate Shackelford, 2,000 MW OpenAI: Stargate Abilene, 1,200 MW OpenAI: Stargate Milam, 1,200 MW AWS: AWS Comanche Peak (Project Spectrum), 1,200 MW Meta: Meta El Paso, 1,000 MW Google: Meitner Energy Center, 840 MW Anthropic: Hut 8 Beacon Point, 704 MW Anthropic: Nexus Hubbard, 500 MW Anthropic: Barber Lake, 207 MW Meta: Meta Temple, 198 MW Anthropic: Riot Rockdale, 191 MW Anthropic: Abernathy, 168 MW Anthropic: Cedar Creek, capacity not disclosed Meta: Meta Fort Worth, capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS Project Eagle, capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS GW Ranch, capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS Cedar Creek, capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS Round Rock, capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS San Antonio (Rockfish, Bitter Blue), capacity not disclosed AWS: AWS Floydada (Horizon Junction), capacity not disclosed Google: Google Midlothian, capacity not disclosed Google: Google Red Oak, capacity not disclosed Google: Google Haskell County, capacity not disclosed Google: Google Armstrong County, capacity not disclosed Google: Google Wilbarger County, capacity not disclosed Anthropic: Waco campus, capacity not disclosed Microsoft: Microsoft Pecos (Project Kilby), 2,000 MW Microsoft: Microsoft Abilene (Crusoe), 900 MW Microsoft: Microsoft Castroville, capacity not disclosed AUSTIN ABILENE EL PASO
Sites
3
Disclosed capacity
2.9 GW
Live AI capacity
None disclosed
Most common power
On-site gas
Ownership
Owned and leased
Sector
Data centers

The sites

Microsoft Sites in Texas

Each bar is one site, colored by power source and filled by status. Select a bar to find its row.

Operational   Under construction   Planned, leased or filed   Capacity not disclosed

3 sites
FacilityLocationPower sourceChipsStatusCapacity (MW)
Microsoft Pecos (Project Kilby)Pecos, Reeves CountyOn-site gasTBDAnnounced / FID Pending2,000
Microsoft Abilene (Crusoe)Abilene, Taylor CountyOn-site gasNvidia (next-gen)Under Construction900
Microsoft CastrovilleSan Antonio and CastrovilleGridNvidia / Azure MaiaOperational / Under Construction-

Pecos and Project Kilby

Microsoft Pecos and Project Kilby

Microsoft Pecos, announced 22 June 2026, adds roughly 2 GW to Microsoft's global capacity over five to seven years. Chevron subsidiary Energy Forge One signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply it through Project Kilby, a co-located 2.67 GW gas plant running behind the meter, using GE Vernova turbines and Solar Turbines equipment from Caterpillar, with selective catalytic reduction for nitrogen oxide control. First power is expected in 2028. Chevron targets a final investment decision by the end of 2026, which makes this the only site on this page whose capital commitment is not yet final. Cooling is closed-loop, taking only an initial water charge and drawing brackish non-potable groundwater. Chevron projects more than $10B in lifetime state and local tax revenue.

Microsoft Abilene

Microsoft Abilene

Microsoft Abilene is the capacity OpenAI walked away from. Crusoe announced on 27 March 2026 that Microsoft would occupy a new 900 MW campus adjacent to Stargate: two buildings at 336 MW critical IT each, plus a dedicated on-site power plant with medium-voltage battery storage and closed-loop non-evaporative liquid cooling. The first building energizes in mid-2027, bringing the combined Abilene site to about 2.1 GW across both campuses.

San Antonio and Castroville

San Antonio and Castroville

San Antonio is where Microsoft's Texas presence actually lives. Roughly eight facilities are operational or in development across Bexar and Medina counties. Texas Research Park anchors the far west side on 300+ acres, with 90 more acres acquired at Wiseman and Loop 1604. In Medina County Microsoft has assembled over 1,000 acres, including SAT 82 at Castroville ($482M, 244,675 sq ft, completing early 2028) and a second building at 3580 FM 471 North (about $400M, 195,670 sq ft, completing July 2028) filed as colocation, meaning Microsoft would sublet space.

Record

Dataset Record

Dataset
Microsoft rows of the Texas frontier compute dataset (llm_data_centers2026)
Sites
3
Map
Microsoft sites highlighted; other companies dimmed
Last verified
Q4 2026