Goodnight Campus
Claude, Armstrong County, TXDeveloper: Crusoe
Also known as Project Goodnight, Google Armstrong County data center, Project Llano
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An AI data center campus south of the town of Claude in Armstrong County, Texas, begun by Crusoe and folded into Google's $40 billion Texas investment announced in November 2025. ABC 7 Amarillo reports Google will be a tenant; trade outlet New Project Media reports Crusoe agreed to sell the project to Google. The campus was scaled back in 2025 to three or four buildings, though Crusoe said at a September 2026 open house that it will include six; its power plan combines ERCOT grid service, the adjacent Goodnight Wind Farm and on-site gas turbines.
- Site size
- 1,300 acres[1]
- Permanent jobs (promised)
- 80
- 80 to 100 expected
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | 1.03 GW [5] original plan: 530 MW phase 1 (four buildings) and 500 MW phase 2, per New Project Media |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 capacity | 530 MW [5] |
| Site size | 1,300 acres [1] |
| Floor area | 3.5 million sq ft [3] |
| Buildings | 4 [3] scaled back from 7 buildings to 3–4; 4 under construction as of Oct 2025 |
| Buildings | 6 [10] Crusoe figure at a September 2026 open house; differs from the earlier four-building figure Source excerpt“says the campus will include six buildings.” |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 80 [1] 80 to 100 expected |
| Target completion | Late 2028 or early 2029 [1] |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Power
| Grid operator | ERCOT [8]Source excerpt“Building on that baseline, ERCOT's recommendation in Docket No. 59220 established a cumulative 525.5 MW curtailment obligation across the two data centers behind the single wind generating facility.” |
|---|---|
| Power supply | ERCOT grid; 265.5 MW Goodnight Wind Farm co-location; 933 MW of off-grid gas generation [6] |
| Utility commission case | PUCT Docket No. 59220 (SB 6 net metering application for Crusoe Load Two, a 260 MW data center, with Goodnight Wind) [8]Source excerpt“On July 24, 2026, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) issued an order in Docket No. 59220 to approve a net metering application between a data center large load and a standalone generation resource.” |
Water
| Water source | Aquifer (groundwater), with recirculating cooling [3]Source excerpt“Hunt confirmed the data center will use a recirculating cooling system, limiting water use from the aquifer.” |
|---|---|
| Cooling | closed-loop / recirculating [1] |
Money & incentives
| Tax incentives | County tax abatement agreement with Crusoe Energy Systems LLC / GN DC1 LLC; amended Oct 2025 to $1.35 million per year per building once operational [3] |
|---|---|
| Abatement term | 10 years [3] original abatement term ($5.4 million per year per phase); amended Oct. 2025 Source excerpt“The original abatement was structured to provide $5.4 million per year for 10 years as each phase was completed, with a total of $10.8 million annually once both phases were operational.” |
Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Water and power
Water
Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.
Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →
Timeline
Co-location application filed with Texas regulators under SB 6 rules [6]
Armstrong County Commissioners Court holds reinvestment zone hearing and considers tax abatements for Crusoe Energy Systems LLC / GN DC1 LLC [4]
Crusoe begins construction [1]
Commissioners unanimously approve amended abatement as project is scaled back to 3–4 buildings [3]
Google announces $40 billion Texas plan including a data center in Armstrong County [2]
Wind-powered portion of the campus sold to Ensign Infrastructure, which becomes the large load in the co-location application [6]
PUCT approves net metering application in Docket No. 59220 for the co-located Armstrong County data center load, with ERCOT curtailment obligations [8]
Filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation cover Buildings 3 and 4, each with an estimated construction cost of $500 million [9]
At a Google and Crusoe community open house in Claude, Crusoe says the campus will include six buildings; KFDA reports Google is expected to receive the first buildings in early 2027, with construction wrapping up by the end of 2027 [10]
Issues raised
- The gas turbines are expected to emit 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, per Latitude Media [6]
- Recirculating cooling limits aquifer draw to office plumbing needs, per the developer [3]
Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.
Sources
- Google announces new data center in Armstrong County, TexasABC 7 Amarillo · Nov 24, 2025 · news
- Google to build three new data centers in Texas in $40 billion investmentTexas Tribune · Nov 14, 2025 · news
- Armstrong County AI data center project scaled back from original planKFDA NewsChannel 10 · Oct 17, 2025 · news
- Notice of Meeting of the Armstrong County Commissioners' Court (Nov. 12, 2024)Armstrong County, Texas · Nov 12, 2024 · government
- Crusoe adds natural gas, storage to Texas Panhandle energy mix as project shifts to Google ownershipNew Project Media · news
- How a Crusoe-Google campus became Texas' co-location test caseLatitude Media · Apr 3, 2026 · news
- Texas – Google Data Center LocationGoogle · company
- PUCT affirms curtailment authority over co-located data centers in first net metering case under Senate Bill 6White & Case LLP · Aug 5, 2026 · other
- Crusoe files for two more data centers at Goodnight Campus in Armstrong County, TexasDatacenterDynamics · Jul 30, 2026 · news
- Construction underway on six-building Claude data centerKFDA NewsChannel 10 · Sep 23, 2026 · news
Cite this page
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). Goodnight Campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/goodnight-armstrong-county-tx |
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| MLA | “Goodnight Campus.” Data Center Census, Sep 24, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/goodnight-armstrong-county-tx. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/goodnight-armstrong-county-tx |
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