# Cipher Digital Barber Lake

ERCOT data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cipher-digital-barber-lake

Fluidstack leases the site under colocation agreements for 168 MW plus 39 MW of critical IT load, with Google backstopping Fluidstack's lease obligations. A TDLR filing covers an 800,000 sq ft data center facility; data halls are due from Q4 2026 through Q1 2027. The site runs on its own water supply, and Cipher commits to curtail load during ERCOT grid emergencies.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: under_construction
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 951 CR 204, Colorado City, Mitchell County, TX

## Power and grid context

- Reported unspecified: 244 MW · reported · exact asset — Gross capacity supporting Fluidstack's initial 168 MW critical IT lease (September 2025); basis unspecified.
- Critical it load: 168 MW · reported · exact asset — Initial 10-year Fluidstack HPC colocation agreement.
- Critical it load: 39 MW · reported · exact asset — Additional Fluidstack critical IT load (November 2025), supported by up to 56 MW more gross capacity; Fluidstack then leases the entire 300 MW site.
- Substation: Newly constructed, fully energized high-to-mid voltage substation acquired with the site

## Development

- Gross floor area: 800,000 square feet

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: ai_hpc, colocation

## Sources

- [FRS Facility Detail Report | Envirofacts | US EPA](https://frs-public.epa.gov/ords/frs_public2/fii_query_dtl.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110072001095)
- [U.S. EPA Facility Registry Service location](https://frs-public.epa.gov/ords/frs_public2/frs_rest_services.get_facilities?registry_id=110072001095&output=JSON) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- [Cipher Mining Announces the Closing of its Acquisition of Barber Lake 300 MW Data Center Site](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2024-9-24-cipher-mining-announces-the-closing-of-its-acquisition-of-barber-lake-300-mw-data-center-site)
- [Cipher Mining Announces September 2025 Operational Update](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2025-10-7-cipher-mining-announces-september-2025-operational-update)
- [Cipher Mining Signs Additional 56 MW, 10-Year AI Hosting Agreement with Fluidstack](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2025-11-20-cipher-mining-signs-additional-56-mw-10-year-ai-hosting-agreement-with-fluidstack)
- [Cipher Mining Signs 168 MW, 10-Year AI Hosting Agreement with Fluidstack](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2025-9-25-cipher-mining-signs-168-mw-10-year-ai-hosting-agreement-with-fluidstack)
- [Cipher Digital Provides First Quarter 2026 Business Update](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2026-5-5-cipher-digital-provides-first-quarter-2026-business-update)
- [Cipher Digital Supports Governor Abbott's Push for Transparency and Accountability in Texas Data Center Growth](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2026-8-10-cipher-digital-supports-governor-abbotts-push-for-transparency-and-accountability-in-texas-data-center-growth)
- [Cipher Digital Provides Second Quarter 2026 Business Update](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2026-8-4-cipher-digital-provides-second-quarter-2026-business-update)
- [Cipher Digital, Fluidstack, and Anthropic Commit $10 Million to Repair and Expand Colorado City's Water System](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2026-9-14-cipher-digital-fluidstack-and-anthropic-commit-10-million-to-repair-and-expand-colorado-citys-water-system)
- [Cipher Digital Expands Barber Lake Lease Term to 20 Years, Increasing Revenue to Over $9 Billion](https://investor.wedbush.com/wedbush/article/gnwcq-2026-9-25-cipher-digital-expands-barber-lake-lease-term-to-20-years-increasing-revenue-to-over-9-billion)
- [Project Details](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Print/TABS2026023534)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.
- Map point: EPA Facility Registry Service location for the permitted facility.

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