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Reported geography
Source-reported location for IREN Horizon — Childress, TX.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- IREN (Iris Energy)
- Address and locality
- Childress · Childress County · Texas
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 750 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 25 July 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000811
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- ERCOT
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 576 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: supported
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Iris Energy Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (Chapter 312 Texas Tax Code property-tax abatement) · Childress County, TX · 2021 Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Direct 345 kV grid connection via on-site substations owned by IREN. IREN states it utilizes abundant low-cost renewable energy available on ERCOT and actively curtails consumption during high-demand periods. No on-site gas generation confirmed for this site.
Water. Direct-to-chip closed-loop liquid cooling. IREN states the system does not consume water on an ongoing basis; annual top-ups require roughly as much water as a few houses. Water is trucked in externally — deliberately not drawn from Childress municipal supply. System described as analogous to a vehicle radiator.
Community. Local leadership and community described as strongly supportive. IREN COO stated community partnership was essential to construction progress. Community Grants Program distributes $250,000 annually to Childress area. IREN committed to local hiring and contracting with local businesses where possible.
What the source record says
SEPARATE SITE from IREN Sweetwater (Nolan/Fisher County — do not conflate). Full 750 MW figure is total campus transmission capacity; the AI/Microsoft Horizon 1–4 build-out comprises four 50 MW IT (75 MW gross) liquid-cooled data halls = 200 MW IT total, targeting end-2026 delivery. Horizon 1 (50 MW IT / 75 MW gross) energized Q4 2025 — operational; Horizons 2–4 remain under construction as of mid-2026. Coordinates approximate (county seat area). Site is a 576-acre freehold parcel with on-site 345 kV substations connecting directly to ERCOT. Investment for Horizon 1–4 reported as $300–350M (range; not a firm figure — omitted from investmentUsd). Microsoft contract ($9.7B total, 5-year through ~2031) covers NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU cloud services; 20% upfront prepayment funded capex. Dell Technologies hardware supply agreement: $5.8B. IREN also holds a separate NVIDIA cloud services contract at Childress. Rack density 130–200 kW per rack; projected PUE 1.05–1.10. Approximately 25 current full-time local employees, 50+ expected at 750 MW full build-out; over 500 contractors during construction phase (approximate reported figures — omitted from jobs numeric fields). IREN Community Grants Program distributes $250,000 annually to the Childress area.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025 · source-reported under construction
Horizon 1 (75 MW gross / 50 MW IT) announced March 11, 2025; construction underway at existing Childress campus
- 2025 · source-reported under construction
IREN signs $9.7B five-year Microsoft GPU cloud contract November 2025; Horizons 1–4 at Childress targeted for end-2026 full deployment
- 2025 · source-reported operational
Horizon 1 (50 MW IT / 75 MW gross) energized Q4 2025 — IREN's first purpose-built AI data center; Horizons 2–4 remain under construction
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- IREN plans 75MW liquid-cooled AI data center in Texas · Data Center Dynamics
- Childress Data Center — 750MW AI-Optimised Facility · IREN (official)
- IREN Secures $9.7bn AI Cloud Contract with Microsoft · GlobeNewsWire
- IREN: Horizon 1 Data Center · Baxtel
- IREN continues developing data center campus in Childress · NewsChannel 10 (Amarillo)
- Microsoft signs $9.7bn cloud capacity deal with IREN · Data Center Dynamics
- Northwise Project — IREN Stock Childress: Inside the 750MW Texas AI Factory
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID iren-horizon-childress-tx. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000811
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Childress, TX (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: IREN (Iris Energy)
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 576 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 750 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: ERCOT
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: supported
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Iris Energy Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (Chapter 312 Texas Tax Code property-tax abatement) · Childress County, TX · 2021
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-07-25
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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