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TX · Shackelford County · 32.727°N 99.299°W

Vantage Frontier Campus

Vantage Data Centers (for OpenAI / Oracle)

Under constructionAI-specificReported

Key facts

Location
TX, Shackelford County
Capacity
1,400 MW planned
Powered by
on-site natural gas microgrid (Voltagrid)
Announced
2025
Last updated

Civic impact

Economics

Land
1,200 acres
Jobs
250 permanent

Energy & water

Energy source
On-site gas
On-site generation
700 MW
Cooling
Closed-loop

Off-grid, behind-the-meter natural gas microgrid (~210 industrial gas generators, 700 MW) built and managed by VoltaGrid, bypassing multi-year ERCOT interconnection queues. No grid utility connection.

Vantage describes a closed-loop chilled-water system with 'near zero' water utilization efficiency; no reported MGD figure disclosed.

Public subsidies

Community sentiment

Supported

Shackelford County Commissioners unanimously approved the 10-year abatement; Vantage committed up to 10 annual college scholarships and $150,000 to local charities over the first decade. No documented public opposition found. Peak construction workforce cited as up to ~6,500.

Data center plans move forward in Shackelford County

Status history

  1. Proposed

    Part of Stargate expansion; $25B mega-campus on 1,200 acres at Hwy 604 / Hwy 351 intersection; ~125 miles W of Fort Worth

    Vantage Data Centers Unveils Plans for Frontier, a $25B Mega-campus in Texas — Vantage
  2. Under construction

    Ground broken; first building delivery targeted H2 2026; 10 buildings planned totaling 3.7M sq ft

    Vantage breaks ground on Texas gigawatt data center campus for OpenAI — Data Center Dynamics

Location

Sources & data provenance

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