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OpenAI Stargate Shackelford County / Frontier (Shackelford County, Texas)

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Texas, US · US · OpenAI Inc.

Under ConstructionExplicit AI InfrastructureUnder Review

Environment

Water Stress
mediumB

WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023

Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
401 gCO₂/kWhA

EPA eGrid 2022, ERCOT (ERCT) subregion, 2022

Drought Risk
medium

NOAA Palmer Drought Severity Index, 2023

Facility

CompanyOpenAI Inc.
OperatorVantage Data Centers (developer); Oracle and OpenAI as tenants; VoltaGrid onsite gas microgrid
CategoryExplicit AI Infrastructure
StatusUnder Construction
Planned Year2028
Capacity
1400 MWC

1,200-acre Vantage campus planned for 10 single-story data centers (~1.4 GW IT, ~3.7M sq ft) for Stargate, with first building delivery targeted for 2H 2026 and full build-out by ~2028-2029. Behind-the-meter gas microgrid by VoltaGrid. Epoch AI projects 2.0 GW at full build-out; 1.4 GW used here per Vantage-sourced reporting.

Location
32.7176, -99.2953 · US
Campus AreaCoordinates are the county seat (Albany) town centre, not the campus itself; campus is in Shackelford County, exact site not confirmed in sources reviewed.
RegionTexas, US
Research statusUnder Review

Evidence (2 sources)

Stargate - Frontier (Cleanview)Med trust
Journalism

Project status as of 2026-10-26

Being developed by Vantage Data Centers. Cleanview lists vertical construction on five buildings as of April 2026 but a separate listing still labels the project Planned, so status labels conflict.
OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites standMed trust
Academic2026-04-17

Project status as of 2026-10-26

Under construction; developer Vantage. Vantage has given a delivery date for the site's first building of late 2026. Roofing underway on first building.

Community

Community concerns on record

Off-grid onsite gas generation is the main environmental concern; no organised opposition found in sources reviewed.

Community flags document events recorded in public sources. They do not imply causal attribution or ongoing harm.

Researcher Notes

Added 2026-10-26 from online research; coordinates are town-level unless noted.

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