Stargate Abilene

Stargate JV · Campus 1 · Abilene, Taylor County

OpenAI's flagship, built in layers: Lancium land and power, a Crusoe build, Oracle-owned GPUs sold as cloud, and OpenAI as tenant. The campus next door uses the same land, builder and chips for a different customer, Microsoft.

  • Campus 1, Stargate
  • Campus 2, Microsoft
  • Shared
The two Abilene campuses as layered stacks: Campus 1 is the Stargate joint venture with OpenAI as tenant and Oracle operating the compute; Campus 2 is a Crusoe build for Microsoft; both sit on Lancium land, are built by Crusoe and run Nvidia chips CAMPUS 1: STARGATE CAMPUS 2: MICROSOFT PROGRAM Program: Stargate joint venture: OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, MGXStargate joint venture:OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank,MGX Program: None: a standalone Microsoft dealNone: a standaloneMicrosoft deal TENANT Tenant: OpenAIOpenAI Tenant: MicrosoftMicrosoft COMPUTE Compute owner and operator: Oracle, as Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOracle, as Oracle CloudInfrastructure Compute owner and operator: Crusoe, as a merchant AI factoryCrusoe, as a merchant AIfactory BUILDER Developer and builder: CrusoeCrusoe CHIPS Chips: Nvidia GB200 NVL72, about 450,000 GPUs plannedNvidia GB200 NVL72, about 450,000 GPUs planned LAND AND POWER Land and power: Lancium Clean Campus: land, substation and on-site gasLancium Clean Campus: land, substation and on-site gas SAME LAND, SAME BUILDER, SAME CHIPS; DIFFERENT OWNERS, TENANTS AND DEALS
Planned
1.2 GW
Buildings live
4 of 8
GPUs planned
~450,000 GB200
Capital
$15B
Suppliers mapped
31
Sector
AI and data centers

Overview

Two Campuses Under One Name

Read the stack from the ground up: land, builder, compute, tenant, program.

Stargate Abilene is the flagship of OpenAI's Stargate program and the first Texas AI campus with substantial live capacity. The name covers two adjacent campuses on Lancium's land in Taylor County. Campus 1, this page, is the Stargate joint venture: Lancium owns the land and power campus, Crusoe built the eight buildings, Oracle owns the GPUs and sells them as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and OpenAI is the tenant. Campus 2, next door, is a separate Crusoe build for Microsoft.

They split in March 2026, when OpenAI and Oracle cancelled a planned 600 MW expansion of Campus 1; OpenAI did not want to mix Blackwell and the coming Vera Rubin generation on one site. Microsoft took the adjacent build instead, which is why both "OpenAI's Abilene" and "Microsoft's Abilene" are correct.

Who holds which layer
LayerCampus 1: StargateCampus 2: Microsoft
ProgramStargate joint venture: OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, MGXNone: a standalone Microsoft deal
TenantOpenAIMicrosoft
Compute owner and operatorOracle, as Oracle Cloud InfrastructureCrusoe, as a merchant AI factory
Developer and builderCrusoe
ChipsNvidia GB200 NVL72, about 450,000 GPUs planned
Land and powerLancium Clean Campus: land, substation and on-site gas
Capacity1.2 GW in eight buildings; expansion beyond cancelled March 2026About 900 MW in two buildings
StatusFour of eight buildings live; the rest due through 2026Under construction since March 2026

Live capacity

Four of Eight Buildings Live

Building 1: live Building 2: live Building 3: live Building 4: live Building 5: due through 2026 Building 6: due through 2026 Building 7: due through 2026 Building 8: due through 2026 LIVEDUE THROUGH 2026

The first two buildings, about 980,000 sq ft and more than 200 MW, went from groundbreaking to operation in about a year; Oracle took its first capacity in September 2025. Four of the eight are now live, with the rest due through 2026. Each building runs up to 100,000 GPUs on one network fabric.

Financing was layered too: $9.6B of JPMorgan debt, $5B of Crusoe and Blue Owl equity, and a $7.1B Newmark construction loan for the second phase.

Taylor County; OpenAI through Oracle; four of eight buildings liveStargate Abilene, Campus 11,200 MW Shackelford County; OpenAI and Oracle; ten buildings, first delivery second half of 2026Vantage Frontier1,400 MW Taylor County; Microsoft; under constructionCrusoe Abilene, Campus 2900 MW

Abilene is now a cluster. With Vantage's Frontier campus in Shackelford County, also for OpenAI and Oracle, the area holds about 3.5 GW across three campuses.

The supplier ring

The Abilene Supplier Ring

Each supplier placed by distance from the campus and what it supplies.

  • United States
  • Korea
  • Taiwan, Canada and multiple
Serves
Origin Evidence

Select a supplier

Each dot is a supplier. Distance from the center is how close it sits to the campus; the wedge is what it supplies; color is the parent company's home country; a hollow dot is a category the industry supplies but no Abilene source names.

The ring maps 31 suppliers; 18 are confirmed for Abilene and the rest are categories the industry supplies but no Abilene source names, such as the HBM makers and server ODMs. The on-site power wedge is the distinctive one: a 360.5 MW simple-cycle gas plant split between GE Vernova LM2500XPRESS aeroderivatives and Solar Turbines units, chosen because combined-cycle lead times had stretched toward seven years, with Parker Hannifin inlet systems on all 29 turbines.

Crusoe cut the industry's switchgear queue by making its own after buying Easter-Owens Electric in 2022, and Rosendin's Modular Power Solutions delivered about 60% of the electrical systems prefabricated. Grid power from AEP Texas supplements the gas and carries West Texas wind.

All 31 suppliers as a table
SupplierLocationServesProximityOriginEvidenceAlso supplies
Abilene 200MW 138kV Project SubstationAbilene, TexasLand, grid and transmissionOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmed-
AEP Texas Transmission InterconnectionCorpus Christi, TexasLand, grid and transmissionAbilene and West TexasUnited StatesConfirmedSpaceX Starbase, Tesla Lithium Refinery
Closed-Loop / Zero-Evaporation Cooling DesignAbilene, TexasData center buildOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmed-
Crusoe In-House Switchgear ManufacturingEnglewood, ColoradoData center buildElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmed-
Digital Building Components - PrefabricationPhoenix, ArizonaData center buildElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmed-
Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling SystemAbilene, TexasData center buildOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmed-
ERCOT InterconnectionAustin, TexasLand, grid and transmissionElsewhere in TexasUnited StatesConfirmed-
GE Vernova LM2500XPRESS Aeroderivative FleetHouston, TexasOn-site powerOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmedMeta Temple
Lancium Clean CampusHouston, TexasLand, grid and transmissionOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmed-
Micron HBM SupplyBoise, IdahoComputeElsewhere in the USUnited StatesNot named for AbileneFermi America, Meta Temple
Modular Power Solutions - Prefabricated ElectricalMcKinney, TexasData center buildElsewhere in TexasUnited StatesConfirmed-
Mortenson - Electrical Infrastructure EPCMinneapolis, MinnesotaLand, grid and transmissionElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmed-
Natural Gas Supply - West Texas Associated GasAbilene, TexasOn-site powerAbilene and West TexasUnited StatesNot named for Abilene-
Network Switch SupplySanta Clara, CaliforniaComputeElsewhere in the USUnited StatesNot named for Abilene-
NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 RacksSanta Clara, CaliforniaComputeElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmedFermi America, Meta Temple
On-Site Simple-Cycle Gas Plant (360.5 MW)Abilene, TexasOn-site powerOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmed-
OpenAI - End TenantSan Francisco, CaliforniaCustomer and tenantElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmed-
Optical Transceiver SupplySaxonburg, PennsylvaniaComputeElsewhere in the USUnited StatesNot named for AbileneFermi America, Meta Temple, Tesla Giga Texas
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Primary CustomerAustin, TexasCustomer and tenantElsewhere in TexasUnited StatesConfirmed-
Parker Hannifin Turbine Inlet SystemsCleveland, OhioOn-site powerOn the campusUnited StatesConfirmedSpaceX Starbase
ProEnergy Aero DT35 UnitsSedalia, MissouriOn-site powerOn the campusUnited StatesNot named for Abilene-
Rosendin Electric - Prime ElectricalSan Jose, CaliforniaData center buildElsewhere in the USUnited StatesConfirmedMeta Temple
Samsung HBM SupplyHwaseong, South KoreaComputeOutside the USKoreaNot named for AbileneFermi America, Meta Temple, Tesla Giga Texas
Server ODM Rack IntegrationTaipei, TaiwanComputeOutside the USTaiwan, Canada and multipleNot named for Abilene-
SK Hynix HBM SupplyIcheon, South KoreaComputeOutside the USKoreaNot named for AbileneFermi America, Meta Temple, Tesla Giga Texas
Solar Turbines Gas Turbine SupplySan Diego, CaliforniaOn-site powerOn the campusUnited StatesNot named for Abilene-
Switchgear and UPS OEM LayerMultipleData center buildOutside the USTaiwan, Canada and multipleNot named for AbileneSpaceX Bastrop, Tesla Megapack Brookshire, Fermi America, Meta Temple, Samsung Taylor, SpaceX Starbase, Tesla Giga Texas, Tesla Lithium Refinery
Thermal Management EquipmentWesterville, OhioData center buildElsewhere in the USUnited StatesNot named for AbileneTesla Megapack Brookshire, Fermi America, Meta Temple, Tesla Giga Texas
Transformer SupplyMultipleData center buildOutside the USTaiwan, Canada and multipleNot named for Abilene-
TSMC Blackwell FabricationHsinchu, TaiwanComputeOutside the USTaiwan, Canada and multipleNot named for AbileneFermi America, Meta Temple, Tesla Giga Texas
West Texas Wind GenerationAbilene, TexasOn-site powerAbilene and West TexasUnited StatesConfirmed-

Shared across anchors

Suppliers Shared With Other Texas Anchors

Select an anchor to light up the suppliers it shares with Stargate Abilene in the ring above.

Meta Temple shares the most with Abilene, 10 companies: NVIDIA, TSMC, the HBM makers, the optics and cooling suppliers, the switchgear makers, GE Vernova turbines and Rosendin's electrical work. Fermi shares 8, all on the compute and electrical side.

Record

Dataset Record

Dataset
Stargate Abilene supplier ring (stargate), 31 suppliers; campus figures from the Texas data centers dataset
Evidence
Confirmed for Abilene solid; industry categories not named for Abilene hollow
Origin
Home country of the parent company
Also supplies
Operator matched against the other anchor rings in the Supplier Rings workbook
Last verified
Q4 2026