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Afton, TX · Dickens County · 33.781°N 100.879°W

Helios (Galaxy Digital / CoreWeave)

Galaxy Digital Holdings

Data centerOperationalMixed-useReported

Key facts

Location
Afton, TX, Dickens County
Capacity
200 MW
Powered by
ERCOT grid (800 MW approved)
Announced
2025-03
Last updated

Civic impact

Energy & water

Energy source
Grid

800 MW ERCOT-approved for the site; Phase I delivered 200 MW gross power / 133 MW critical IT load to CoreWeave.

Environmental

Water stress
Unknown

Community sentiment

Unknown

No local community-reaction coverage (water/land/noise) surfaced in this research pass — flagged as an under-covered angle, not confirmed as non-contentious.

Status history

  1. Operational

    Argo Blockchain completes a 180 MW Bitcoin-mining facility ("Helios") on 160 acres in Dickens County, TX.

    Sale of Helios to Galaxy Digital Holdings
  2. Operational

    Argo sells Helios to Galaxy Digital for approximately $65M amid the 2022 crypto-market downturn, alongside a two-year hosting agreement.

    Sale of Helios to Galaxy Digital Holdings
  3. Under construction

    Galaxy signs a 15-year lease with CoreWeave to convert Helios to AI/HPC hosting (ERCOT-approved capacity expanded to 800 MW); Bitcoin-mining equipment wind-down begins.

    Galaxy Digital Delivers First 200MW Phase to CoreWeave Under 15-Year Lease
  4. Operational

    Galaxy delivers Phase I (200 MW gross / 133 MW critical IT load) to CoreWeave; site begins generating lease revenue. Remaining phases (toward 800 MW) still under construction, financed by a $1.4B, 36-month debt facility (plus $350M Galaxy equity) closed August 2025.

    Galaxy Digital Closes $1.4bn Debt Facility for Helios Data Center Campus in Texas

Location

Sources & data provenance

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