Stargate Milam County (Freebird)
SB Energy · Stargate
- Planned IT
- 1.2 GW
- Free to lease
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- $ / kW·mo
- $63
- White space
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Inventory
100% occupiedPower
1.2 GWlive
0 MW to lease · 1.2 GW in use
White space
—total
— free
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Free power is unsold critical IT at this building, not utility headroom. Space is computer-room white space.
Power
Power cost
$63/kW·mo
6.6¢ industrial · 8.6¢ after PUE —
- Per MW·year
- $752k
- This site · 1.2 GW
- $902M/yr
2.1× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun). Same IT load there is $465M/yr less.
ERCOT North · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
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- Opened
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- Renewable match
- —
- Rack density
- —
- Voltage
- —
- PUE
- —1.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
- ERCOT. SB Energy plans to build new generation for the site (OpenAI / SB Energy).
Cooling
Plant
Air / CRAH
Liquid
Not deployed
Rack density
—
H100-eq
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WUE
—
Operator has not published WUE. Blank, not zero — air-cooled sites still use some water.
Cooling design not published beyond being designed to minimize water use; typed air as the neutral default.
Network carriers
0No on-net carriers published.
On-net and metro carriers typically present at this location, including internet exchanges. Not a full circuit inventory.
Clouds
0No public-cloud on-ramp published.
Native regions and typical Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect on-ramps at this campus. Availability varies by hall.
Location
Burlington, Texas, United States
County Road 133, Burlington, TX 76519 (Milam County)
31.015°, -96.997° · North America
Tenants / users
OpenAI
Notes
OpenAI signed a 1.2 GW lease; SB Energy (SoftBank Group) builds and operates. Phase 1 Freebird DC01: 548,950 sq ft single-story, 4 data halls, construction 2025-10-20 to target 2026-10-15 (TDLR TABS2026017746). Coordinates: OSM node 151451523 (place centroid, approximate). Sources: https://openai.com/index/stargate-sb-energy-partnership/ ; https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2026017746
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.