Center Registry · Texas

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Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining) · Andrews, Andrews County, Texas

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70 MW
Critical IT planned
0 MW
Energized today
2026-Q4
First power
ERCOT
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A purpose-built greenfield campus in West Texas with conditional ERCOT approval for up to 100 MW and substation energization targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
  2. Development cost is roughly $10.5M per IT MW. As of September 30, 2026, earthwork and grading were on schedule, underground electrical had begun, and foundations and steel erection were underway.
  3. Planned critical capacity is 70 MW within the 100 MW approval, with the campus built to a cost near $10.5M per IT MW and full buildout targeted for May 2027.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
ERCOT
Site and build
Cipher Digital (self-build)
Compute
Undisclosed (AWS deployment)
Cloud operator
AWS
Anchor tenant
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Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. Nov 2026Today
  2. 2026-Q4First powersubstation energization target
  3. 2027-05Full buildout
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

ERCOT. Up to 100 MW; included in ERCOT's May 2026 Quarterly Stability Assessment, qualifying it as base load with capacity not subject to further study or reallocation; Q4 2026 energization

Site and build

Cipher Digital (self-build). Purpose-built greenfield HPC campus at roughly $10.5M development cost per IT MW; as of Sep 30, 2026 earthwork, grading and pad preparation on schedule, underground electrical begun, concrete foundations and steel erection underway

Compute

Undisclosed (AWS deployment). Tenant-supplied; maybe AWS Trainium, not NVIDIA inferred

Cloud operator

AWS. Tenant runs its own cloud and AI platform on the leased capacity; Cipher retains only property-level duties under the triple-net lease

Related sites

Nearby in the buildout.

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