Data Center Atlas
Google Armstrong County data center campus (Crusoe Goodnight)
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
AI data center campus near Claude, Armstrong County, in the Texas Panhandle, being developed by Crusoe on about 1,300 acres beside the Goodnight wind farms. Google named Armstrong County as a new campus site in its November 2025 Texas program ($40 billion statewide through 2027), and Crusoe confirmed Google as the end user in September 2026. County tax abatement materials described a first phase of four buildings drawing up to 530 MW, within a two-phase 1,030 MW design. State filings in 2026 added two buildings of about 805,000 sq ft each, together estimated at $1 billion. Amended filings added gas turbines and battery storage, and one report says Crusoe agreed to sell the project to Google.
Source record as of 2026-10-01 · Details and sources
Crusoe's blog post of 9 October 2026 says Crusoe is developing Google's AI data-centre campus in Armstrong County, Texas, near Claude (Project Llano), that construction broke ground in June 2025 and that more than 5,500 skilled laborers are on site daily building the data centre, which will have a direct connection to the existing Serena Goodnight wind farm. This records ongoing construction of the campus as of 9 October 2026, reported by its developer. It does not establish the completion, energisation or operation of any building, and the record's imported locality locator, scope and capacity are unchanged. evidence
Crusoe · published 2026-10-09
Location
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Projects (1)
Google Armstrong County data center campus (Crusoe Goodnight)
Under construction last observed as of · Authoritative status update
This record reports under construction as of 2026-10-01. TheEnergyMag; Baxtel
Location: Claude, Armstrong County, Texas, US. Town centroid of Claude via Nominatim. Sources place the roughly 1,300-acre site near Claude but give no street address. ABC 7 Amarillo; TheEnergyMag
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | up to 530 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Phase 1 (four buildings) | 2026-07-31 | From an Armstrong County tax abatement agreement, which also describes four 25 MW data halls per building. | New Project Media; TheEnergyMag |
| Power capacity | 500 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Phase 2 (three buildings) | 2025-12-15 | From earlier tax abatement materials as summarized by New Project Media; newer amended filings omit project details. | New Project Media |
| Power capacity | 1,030 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-12-15 | Two-phase campus total from earlier tax abatement materials as summarized by New Project Media; the layout may be redrawn. | New Project Media |
| Investment | 29,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2025-12-15 | Figure from earlier tax abatement materials and prior New Project Media reporting, not from the amended filings. | New Project Media |
| Investment | about 1,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Phase · Two new buildings (Buildings 3 and 4) in 2026 state filings | 2026-07-31 | Estimated construction cost of about $500 million per building, each roughly 805,000 sq ft; estimates may change. | TheEnergyMag |
| Buildings | at least 6 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-31 | TheEnergyMag | |
| Land area | about 1,300 acres | Reported · Campus | 2025-11-24 | ABC 7 Amarillo | |
| Jobs permanent | 80–100 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-24 | The county judge said the facility is expected to employ 80 to 100 people once running. | ABC 7 Amarillo |
| Jobs construction | more than 5,500 count | Reported · Campus | 2026-10-01 | Workers on site daily, per Crusoe. | Baxtel |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crusoe | Developer | ABC 7 Amarillo; TheEnergyMag; Baxtel; The Tech Capital | |
| GN DC1 LLC | Owner | Crusoe affiliate listed as owner in 2026 Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filings for two new buildings; those filings name no tenant. | TheEnergyMag |
| Tenant | Described as the tenant or end user. Google names Armstrong County as a new campus location in its Texas investment program. New Project Media reported that Crusoe agreed to sell the project to Google; Google did not respond and Crusoe declined to comment, so the sale is unconfirmed. | Google; ABC 7 Amarillo; New Project Media; Baxtel; The Tech Capital | |
| Serena | Power supplier | Owner of the operating Goodnight 1 wind farm, one of the two adjacent wind farms the campus is linked to. | Baxtel |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | Construction started | Actual | Local TV reported that Crusoe had been building since May 2025. | ABC 7 Amarillo |
| 2025-06 | Construction started | Actual | Crusoe's account dates the groundbreaking to June 2025, a month later than the local report. | Baxtel |
| 2025-11-14 | Announced | Actual | Google named Armstrong County as a new campus location in its Texas investment announcement. | |
| 2026-01 | Other | Actual | Permit application for a 933 MW natural gas plant to serve two buildings behind the meter; Google said it had not agreed to buy the plant's output. | Baxtel |
| 2026-09-28 | Other | Actual | Crusoe publicly confirmed Google as the campus end user. | Baxtel |
| 2028-Q4 | Fully operational | Planned | Completion expected in late 2028 or early 2029 per the county judge. | ABC 7 Amarillo |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | Linked to the adjacent Goodnight wind farms: Goodnight 1 (265.5 MW, operating) and Goodnight 2 (similar size, under construction), about 531 MW combined; surplus output returns to the grid. | Baxtel; The Tech Capital |
| Natural gas onsite | Amended abatement filings added gas turbines; a January 2026 application sought a 933 MW gas plant serving two buildings without a grid tie. It is a proposal, and Google has not agreed to buy its power. | New Project Media; Baxtel |
| Battery storage | Battery storage was added to the power plan in amended Armstrong County tax abatement filings. | New Project Media |
| Grid | The county judge said the data center would draw from the ERCOT grid, although the county itself is served through the Southwest Power Pool. | ABC 7 Amarillo |
Google's $40 billion Texas figure runs through 2027 and covers new campuses in Armstrong and Haskell Counties among other spending; it is not recorded here as a campus investment. Phase and campus MW figures come from tax abatement materials and are not added together. One state filing gave Building 3 an August 1 completion date (year not stated, presumably 2026) and Building 4 a March 2027 date. New Project Media's article was first published for subscribers; the date used is that of its public posting.
Sources for these details
- Google's investments run deep in the heart of Texas — Google; 2025-11-14
- Google announces new data center in Armstrong County, Texas — ABC 7 Amarillo; 2025-11-24
- ORIGINATION: Crusoe adds natural gas, storage to Texas Panhandle energy mix as project shifts to Google ownership — New Project Media; 2025-12-15 · Archived source
- Crusoe Plans $1B Texas AI Data Center Expansion, Pursues Nuclear Power — TheEnergyMag; 2026-07-31 · Archived source
- Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link — Baxtel; 2026-10-01 · Archived source
- Google taps Crusoe for new Texas AI data centre campus — The Tech Capital; 2026-10-01
- Companies
- Developer: Crusoe (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Crusoe (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Crusoe (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Crusoe (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: GN DC1 LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Tenant: Google (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Serena (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Building community in the Lone Star State (Crusoe blog, 9 October 2026) evidence row
Crusoe · published 2026-10-09 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 35.10810, -101.36270
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Town centroid of Claude via Nominatim. Sources place the roughly 1,300-acre site near Claude but give no street address.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- ed446beb
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building community in the Lone Star State (Crusoe blog, 9 October 2026) Archived copy | Crusoe Company disclosure | Physical status | all-rights-reserved | Crusoe | e1246beb35411e2c571ea96ae81f95c342f363596840c1a191a515ab767f11b3Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link Archived copy | Baxtel Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Jobs Construction, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Power Source: Wind, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Baxtel | e698676f3a337b69fc20144efcb4beb3704e5b34516cbe03ce27dde9167ae65aFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Crusoe Plans $1B Texas AI Data Center Expansion, Pursues Nuclear Power Archived copy | TheEnergyMag Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | TheEnergyMag | b4629c85764717647908f59268c1104dab7dae0b080619f1bebd1d6920c6f57aFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google announces new data center in Armstrong County, Texas Archived copy | ABC 7 Amarillo News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Fully Operational, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | ABC 7 Amarillo | b25561709ea90373ee9bbf584e1ee1ed75308b6fe5ca09d22dcdaac985cd2880Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google taps Crusoe for new Texas AI data centre campus Archived copy | The Tech Capital Trade publication | Imported: Record, Power Source: Wind, Role: Developer, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | The Tech Capital | 9304bdef286c12a5633d479228ff95d9f3f9aed2da1f8a66db78668994f96c0fFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Google's investments run deep in the heart of Texas Archived copy | Google Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Milestone: Announced, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | 662c64d879837041b3d26d1a436580ed216d45abcde199b9cb8b18b1f86f5a2eFactual source record; not the publisher page | |||
| ORIGINATION: Crusoe adds natural gas, storage to Texas Panhandle energy mix as project shifts to Google ownership Archived copy | New Project Media Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Tenant claim | source-terms-not-recorded | New Project Media | a5e656edaec545dfa8b1b2d21b1e6e94f65967dd6462cbdff279a81824def5ecFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Google Armstrong County data center campus (Crusoe Goodnight) [site vcc-site-9da1382c1df4f319ef97]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-9da1382c1df4f319ef97/
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