Abilene, Taylor County, TX
Abilene campus, Buildings 1 to 8 (Longhorn Data Center)
Why this stage: Per SEC filing, for Buildings 1 and 2 only. Audited statements filed by a Blue Owl trust say both buildings were substantially completed and delivered to the tenant in 2025. No record shows Buildings 3 to 8 delivered.
- Owner or developer
- Lancium owns the land and grid interconnect. Buildings 1 and 2 are owned by Abilene DC 1, LLC, majority owned by a Blue Owl entity since October 2024.
- Crusoe's role
- Developer. Crusoe says the campus is purpose built for Oracle.
- Link to Crusoe
- “the first two buildings are operational” Crusoe newsroom, June 9, 2026
- Announced capacity
- 1.2 GW. “bringing the total facility to eight buildings, approximately 4 million square feet, and a total power capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW)” Crusoe newsroom
- Stated timing
- “the first two buildings are operational” Source
| Date | Record | What it shows | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2021 | Tax abatementTexas Comptroller, Chapter 312 database · Abatement 000017852 | Lists an active city and county abatement for Lancium Abilene LLC in Reinvestment Zone RZ21-1 for a data center.Status: Active | Record |
| September 3, 2024 | Texas TDLR registrationTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation · TABS2025000049 | Registers Building 2, a new one-story data center at 251 Lancium Way, estimated at $292 million.Status: Inspection complete | Record |
| September 4, 2024 | Texas TDLR registrationTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation · TABS2025000156 | Registers the office and data hall build-out of Building 1 at 351 Lancium Way, estimated at $140 million.Status: Inspection complete | Record |
| December 16, 2024 | Texas TDLR registrationTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation · TABS2025007742 | Registers four data halls and an office in Building 2 for Abilene DC 1, LLC, estimated at $384 million.Status: Inspection complete | Record |
| January 22, 2025 | Air permitTexas Commission on Environmental Quality · Standard Permit Registration 177263 | Covers ten gas turbines at the Longhorn Data Center for Abilene DC 1, doing business as Crusoe, allowed to run all year for on-site data center use. This is on-site primary generation, not backup.Stated capacity: “increase the site-rated power to 38 MW per turbine (5 units) and reduce the site-rated power to 34.1 MW per turbine (5 units)”Status: Modification approved | Record |
| April 17, 2025 | Texas TDLR registrationTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation · TABS2025016964 | Registers Crusoe Building 6, a new data hall of about 480,000 square feet at 615 FM 2404, estimated at $292 million, with completion set for December 21, 2026.Status: Inspection complete | Record |
| August 28, 2025 | Tax abatementCity of Abilene City Council · Resolution 171-2025 | Approves abatement agreements with Lancium and Abilene DC 1 and DC 3 to 8 for up to eight data center buildings.Status: Adopted | Record |
| March 13, 2026 | SEC filingBlue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust, Form 10-K Exhibit 99.3 · 0001944366-26-000020 | Abilene DC 1 owns two buildings of four data halls each and a power station, leased to a hyperscale tenant for 15 years. Both buildings were delivered in 2025. The power station was still under development at year end.Status: Buildings delivered, per audited statements | Record |
| Undated | Building permitCity of Abilene Planning and Development Services · Data Center #3 and #4, 617 FM 2404 | New construction permits for Data Centers 3 and 4, each valued at about $1.06 billion.Status: Permitted in February 2025, per the city's quarterly report | Record |
Unverified: not found in online records
- No record shows Buildings 3 to 8 energized or delivered. Crusoe's June 2026 statement still says the first two buildings are operational.
- No certificate of occupancy was found online.
- The Stargate and OpenAI link comes from press reports, not from a record we reviewed.
