Data Center Census

Claude, Armstrong County, TX

Goodnight Campus

Also known as Project Goodnight, Google Armstrong County data center

Under constructionCrusoe began construction May 2025; completion expected late 2028 or early 2029
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

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; its power plan combines ERCOT grid service, the adjacent Goodnight Wind Farm and on-site gas turbines.

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity1.03 GW [5]
original plan: 530 MW phase 1 (four buildings) and 500 MW phase 2, per New Project Media
Phase 1 capacity530 MW [5]
Site size1,300 acres [1]
Floor area3.5 million sq ft [3]
Buildings4 [3]
scaled back from 7 buildings to 3–4; 4 under construction as of Oct 2025
Permanent jobs (promised)80 [1]
80 to 100 expected
Target completionLate 2028 or early 2029 [1]

Power

Grid operatorERCOT [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 supplyERCOT grid; 265.5 MW Goodnight Wind Farm co-location; 933 MW of off-grid gas generation [6]
Utility commission casePUCT 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 sourceAquifer (groundwater), with recirculating cooling [3]
Source excerpt
“Hunt confirmed the data center will use a recirculating cooling system, limiting water use from the aquifer.”
Coolingclosed-loop / recirculating [1]

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesCounty 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 term10 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.

Timeline

  1. Co-location application filed with Texas regulators under SB 6 rules [6]

  2. Armstrong County Commissioners Court holds reinvestment zone hearing and considers tax abatements for Crusoe Energy Systems LLC / GN DC1 LLC [4]

  3. Crusoe begins construction [1]

  4. Commissioners unanimously approve amended abatement as project is scaled back to 3–4 buildings [3]

  5. Google announces $40 billion Texas plan including a data center in Armstrong County [2]

  6. Wind-powered portion of the campus sold to Ensign Infrastructure, which becomes the large load in the co-location application [6]

  7. PUCT approves net metering application in Docket No. 59220 for the co-located Armstrong County data center load, with ERCOT curtailment obligations [8]

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]

Sources

  1. Google announces new data center in Armstrong County, Texas
    ABC 7 Amarillo · Nov 24, 2025 · news
  2. Google to build three new data centers in Texas in $40 billion investment
    Texas Tribune · Nov 14, 2025 · news
  3. Armstrong County AI data center project scaled back from original plan
    KFDA NewsChannel 10 · Oct 17, 2025 · news
  4. Notice of Meeting of the Armstrong County Commissioners' Court (Nov. 12, 2024)
    Armstrong County, Texas · Nov 12, 2024 · government
  5. Crusoe adds natural gas, storage to Texas Panhandle energy mix as project shifts to Google ownership
    New Project Media · news
  6. How a Crusoe-Google campus became Texas' co-location test case
    Latitude Media · Apr 3, 2026 · news
  7. Texas – Google Data Center Location
    Google · company
  8. PUCT affirms curtailment authority over co-located data centers in first net metering case under Senate Bill 6
    White & Case LLP · Aug 5, 2026 · other